Relevance, Methods, and the Gospel
When I am forced to think about the idea of relevance, I always find my mind drawn back to one pivotal passage in Paul’s first…
Weighing God Down
A common idea in the Psalms is that we can and should bless the Lord. Of course, we can’t bless God in the sense that…
Good Friday: A Good Day for Bad People
Jesus was bludgeoned. He was betrayed, spit on, lied about and nailed to a piece of wood we call the cross. From the physical pain,…
Generational Sin?
Have you ever heard a sermon on the devastation caused by “generational sin”? Preachers base their frightening comments on texts like Exodus 20:5: “I, the…
Worship Leader Must Do’s
There are those who lead songs at church, and those who lead worship. There is a huge difference. Leading worship songs is something that somebody…
Weak Men Weak Excuses
Years ago I ran into a man at a retreat that I hadn’t seen for quite a while…As we sat down across from each other…
Soteriology in the Middle Part 2
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”…
Lies About Us
Pick up just about any good book about the history of Christianity, and go to the section on persecution in the first few centuries of…
Soteriology in the Middle Part 1
Over the past ten years of my life as a follower of Jesus perhaps no theological category has caused me to spend hours reading, thinking, and processing as much as the category of Soteriology. Soteriology is the study of salvation. More specifically, it is the study of what we