I was saved, and I will be saved. ——————————————————————————— I was saved, I am being saved, and I will be saved. The two sentences above are stories. They tell us how our lives are caught up into God’s life, how we are reconciled to him. As people tell these stories in a local congregation, an […]
“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. […]
I will not be answering the question posed in the title; but what I can tell you is that I am circumcised and my son is not. I want to offer a few unpolished thoughts on three common arguments used in favor of circumcision: Argument #1 – If a boy’s father is circumcised, he should also be […]
A brief word about why I have taken up the issue of alcohol. It may seem to some as though this is my vice and that I find need to justify my desire to drink. I cannot (as some have) stand as an unaffected observer who speaks on this topic without having had a drop […]
One of the most appealed to arguments against the Christian use of alcohol states that “wine” in the Bible was unfermented or very weak and couldn’t cause intoxication. I’ve heard sound counter arguments that appeal to Hebrew and Greek; however, I don’t know very much Hebrew and it’s likely that you don’t either. So, I […]
I follow Jesus, the Jewish carpenter, Old Testament scholar, and master story teller. Jesus is the Son of God; he is a man, and though Jesus never had a wife or kids, he’s a lover of little ones. Every Lord’s Day my wife and I carry our son (as we will do for each […]
My son surrendered the struggle to keep his eyes open at Wal-Mart this afternoon. My 6 month old, Hezekiah, fell fast asleep in my arms as my wife searched for the organic baby food amidst a sea of the artificial stuff. Tara makes most of Hezekiah’s food, so buying prepackaged baby-goop was a bit foreign to […]
Light jackets and an awkward hello commenced this life I have with you. We met on a Sunday because the Lord planned for our meeting to take place on his day. Crunching on tacos, shirking convocation, and the presence of a mutual friend, a fifth wheel, just in case a tire blew – This is […]
Today I felt the surge of authority and responsibility roar through my veins as I stood looking up at 1,225 preteens, I also felt fear. I felt authority because I will co-author their lives, along with the other team members, for the next 8 weeks; all authors feel responsible for their work. But I was […]
Today is the first day that I have felt excited about teaching. Throughout the time I have spent earning my degree I have been cynical about public education; however, a high school English teacher gave me a fresh category for what I will be doing as a Christian in public school. She said that we are in roles that […]
