The Millennium: Rapture or Ruling for and with Christ Today?
The topic of the millennium as described in Rev 20 is often seen as one of the most difficult topics to talk about and yet I think it’s also one …
Jesus Tells Nicodemous a Hard Truth
Today, their is a popular philosophy at the root of our culture that says biases, culture, background all shape what we can and cannot hear. In and outside the church …
The #1 Cliché of our Day: There is no Personal Responsibility
One objection we hear again and again is directly related to the topic of personal responsibility. People will dismiss arguments on personal responsibility to follow the scriptures by implying that …
Brokeness in America: How Christmas Hope Speaks to It
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.” -Isaiah 9:2 Entering into the …
A Worldview Hack on the Christian Mind: Psychoanalysis above Reasoning from Scripture
Exploring a specific effect of culture on Christian Thinking
Isaiah 56, Cults, The Sabbath: A Facebook Convo with me and Anne
Hey family! Recently Anne and I had a short Facebook messenger convo talking about cults and requiring Sabbath observance where I tried to tease out the Biblical answer. We have …
Running Calvinism through the Biblical Lens: Total Depravity: How the Common Understanding Misses the Mark.
This post will get a little more philosophic but I think it is so misunderstood today and a right understanding of it is necessary to really live out the faith …
Should Christians Participate In Military Conflict?
Recently during a conversation on serving in the military as a Christian I was reminded of an argument I wrote sometime ago against the idea that Christians should avoid war …
Reasoning to the Scriptures
As Christians we are called to “give an answer for the hope that is in us” (1 Peter 3:15). When Paul went to a new town, he started by reasoning …
Christian Foundations: And Why they are Important.
What is a Foundation? Matt 7:24-27 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the …