The Sweeping Call to Honor
“Honor all.” Two words, a command and the object of the command (1 Pet 2:17). God’s word through Peter is an imperative (τιμήσατε) […]
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Seeing people in light of what they suffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer shares a nugget of wisdom in his Papers and Letters from Prison. The proper way to view other human beings is through
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C.S. Lewis on Embracing Childlikeness
Scripture affirms the goodness of being childlike. Humility, dependence and simple faith are exemplified in children. Karl Rahner makes this helpful point.
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Made for Others
God did not fashion us with the ability to see ourselves. Eyes were made to see the world and the “others” around
The Depth of the Golden Rule
A few years back a close friend and co-worker lost her mother after a long battle with dementia. I was amazed by
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Cross Shaped Generosity
The problem with tithing is that it only represents a portion of us. You will find no New Testament injunctions that require
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Failed Disciples
In Richard Hays book, The Moral Vision of the New Testament he argues that the gospel writers included all the stories of the disciples screwing
Should we ask God to get us out of tough spots?
I’ve heard it said before that we should never pray for God to deliver us from suffering or tough situations, but that
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The Sufficiency of the Gospel
When Paul wanted the church to preach the gospel he preached the gospel to the church. This is one of the many
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The Comfort of Creation
When you want to instill hope and encouragement in someone where do you normally point them? When you counsel people where do
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The Safest Community
Relational safety is one of the greatest and yet rarest gifts in life. We’ve all felt the sting of betrayal from those
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At the end of safety
Pain and change, two words that regrettably belong together. My life and yours confirm this verbal wedding. When I point to best
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Indwelt: God’s Presence In Us
Sometimes, outrageous biblical truths become commonplace. God is constant in his kindness to bring these familiar truths alive again and again as
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The God Who Lives in the Fray
God makes his home in unexpected places. He not only meets us in the fray of life, he lives alongside us there.
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Comfort in Strange Places
Job only makes sense to the suffering man. We often approach this book like Job’s friends approached him. We find its message
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Why Weakness Should Drive us to God
Weakness, moral and otherwise has a way of pushing us away from God. It certainly does not serve as a confidence builder
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The Majesty of Divine Selflessness
Sometimes, outrageous biblical truths become commonplace to us. God is constant in his kindness to bring these familiar truths alive to us
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God in the Dark
Gregory of Nyssa was a theologian that lived in 300 A.D. He was one of the Cappadocian Fathers along with Basil of
The God of the Cross
The cross is about self-disclosure. God not only saves us on Golgotha he shows himself to us. N.T. Wright says this about the
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The Shocking Symbol of Christianity
The cross is about divine self-identification. Calvary is God’s chosen location for articulating his character, heart, and intentions to the world. This
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The Cross and Criticism
Martin Luther famously stated, “the cross is our theology.” He was adamant that all good theology is rooted in, shaped by, and
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The Gospel and Grief
The Bible is the definitive guide to grief. Unflinchingly honest, the Scriptures tell us about the roots and realities of life in
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The Lord’s Supper: Broken Bread for Broken People
In the gospel of Matthew the story of the Last Supper is sandwiched by two narratives of betrayal. The text that precedes the
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An Embarrassing Book
No one knows what to do with the book of Ecclesiastes. A look at the history of interpretation demonstrates this fact with
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The Glory of the Cross: The Gospel in Poem
This is a poem about how God reveals himself to us in the cross.
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