When we are little, we are told to do various things that we don’t understand but need to do anyway. “Johnny, don’t go into the street.” At …
Freedom
Needs, Obligations, Rights
One of the things that make the yellow lights in my head start blinking is when people say things like, “When God tells us to X for Y. This …
Sermon Short: Jesus Our Healer
Excerpt from Toby's Palm Sunday sermon. "When Jesus calls a man, it is abundantly clear that He demands everything. But this is good news …
Joy: With Us At All Times
by Matt Meyer Renae and I enjoy listening to a podcast by the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Albert Mohler, …
The State of the Church
Here is a link to our pastor's sermons. I especially invite you to listen/watch the last two. …
More Troubling Our Trouble
Forgiveness is difficult when we think the person who sinned against us doesn’t understand what they’ve done to us. They don’t “get” it. …
Forgiveness #2
The Bible says, “For the wages of sin is death…” (Rom. 6:23). It also says, we “…were by nature children of wrath, just as the others” (Eph. …
Forgiveness #1
I thought I should take a few posts to explain what I think about forgiveness, confession of sin, and repentance. When we begin the …
Where is all this headed? #2
Today I’d like to write about two philosophical and theological positions: patriarchalism (as defined by the feminists and egalitarians) and …
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