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Monday, September 26, 2016
Truth Under the Bus
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
The David Connection
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Taught to Die
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Higher Learning
Monday, May 16, 2016
That Wacky Old Testament (4)
Monday, May 02, 2016
Pretending to See the Future
The most recent version of this post is available here.
Sunday, May 01, 2016
That Night
Saturday, April 30, 2016
The Very First Thing
E. W. Bullinger was sure John is telling us he saw the prophetic “Day of the Lord”, and there is no doubt John did precisely that. Others who have grown up with the expression are convinced John means to say that the things he experienced occurred on a Sunday.
Sunday, April 03, 2016
Too Convenient
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Where Did the Sabbath Go?
The devil doesn’t care whether your sin is adultery or murder or Sabbath breaking, just as long as he can get you to sin and separate you from God.”
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
How Saved Are You?
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Only One Son
Still, despite the scant detail provided, some things can be discerned:
The Anticipation
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Witnessing to Witnesses [Part 5]
Monday, February 08, 2016
Three Songs of Moses
Can you?
Some Bibles, including my ESV, give Exodus 15 the title “Song of Moses”. Technically this is true, because we read that Moses and the people of Israel sang the words that follow to Jehovah after the crossing of the Red Sea and the destruction of the Egyptians. We don’t actually read that Moses was the one who wrote it, though most scholars assume it and it seems likely.
Wednesday, February 03, 2016
Witnessing to Witnesses [Part 4]
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Witnessing to Witnesses [Part 3]
Thursday, January 21, 2016
More Where That Comes From
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Witnessing to Witnesses [Part 2]
Saturday, January 02, 2016
Quote of the Day (14)
Friday, December 25, 2015
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Keeping It In Proportion
Monday, December 07, 2015
Close Encounters of the Philosophical Kind
Tuesday, December 01, 2015
It Makes A Good Headline, But ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Facebooking from Nazareth
“There’s too much inside yourself to keep it all cooped up and restrained.”
Monday, November 16, 2015
Present Perfect
Sunday, November 01, 2015
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Of All the Things I’ve Lost, I Miss Myself the Most
Thursday, September 03, 2015
522 Inept Logicians
Fritz von Uhde imagines Mary’s encounter with “the gardener” |
Thursday, August 13, 2015
“I Looked for a Man …”
Biblically-undocumented servants fill the annals of secular history too — people who gave their lives in the pursuit of God’s work; men like George Mueller or Jim Elliot come to mind. But there are thousands of others who bore the title ‘servant of God’ with distinction by changing the course of nations and standing for God at needful times.
Then there are those of us who are Christians today and aspire to be worthy of the grand title ‘servant of God’ in our generations.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Saturday, August 08, 2015
Indirect Evidence for Inspiration
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Tuesday, August 04, 2015
Do You Want to Go Out?
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Sunday, August 02, 2015
On the Third Day
Generally speaking, I don’t find fulfilled Bible prophecy a particularly useful tool in evangelism.
Some Christians disagree, of course. If it works for you, that’s great. Carry on. But it must be admitted that many of the Old Testament prophecies fulfilled in the life of Christ are a little on the obscure side. That is to say, when you look at them in their original context, it is not immediately apparent that they speak of Messiah.
We’re only sure of it because the Holy Spirit plainly states it to be so in the New Testament.
Monday, June 29, 2015
“I Have a Right ...”
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Opting Out
Sunday, May 24, 2015
A Matter of Moral Indifference
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Feeding the Dogs
We've all experienced it. Looking for answers and receiving no immediate response. The absence of any sense of direction, often when a decision is urgently needed. A total lack of clarity. And all the comforting scriptures we quote to ourselves suddenly sound like clichés.
Those of us who have been believers for a few years may find ourselves taking our own spiritual inventory in an effort to diagnose the problem. Have I failed to confess sin? Am I perhaps asking selfishly rather than with the glory of God in mind? Am I lacking faith? Have I been persistently inconsiderate at home?
Could be, but not necessarily.
Tuesday, May 05, 2015
Is Your Church Irrelevant?
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Sins and Dominos
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Babel’s Antidote
Monsù Desiderio, The Tower of Babel |
Saturday, April 04, 2015
Which Jesus Do You Worship?
Thursday, April 02, 2015
What’s at the Centre?
What — or rather Who — controls the forces in play here? |
Wednesday, April 01, 2015
The Problem with Compassion
Sunday, March 08, 2015
How Saved Are You?
The most recent version of this post is available here.
Thursday, March 05, 2015
What Are You Worth to God?
There are three distinct ways to value anything at all, including either a baseball or a human life.
Sunday, March 01, 2015
Higher Learning
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Two Crowns
(Matthew 27:29)
This event is recorded in three of the gospels and has become the basis for many paintings over the centuries. A crown of thorns is commonly referenced in pop culture and there are relatively few who aren’t familiar with the Christian source of the image.