Beyond the Title: What the New Testament Actually Says About Elders, Deacons, and Preachers
Give us enough time and we will put a title on nearly anything. Then we will print it on a door, put it beneath a name, perhaps embroider it on a shirt, and before long somebody will begin protecting the title more carefully than the work that came with…
Before the Beginning: Exploring the Eternal Nature of Jesus in Scripture
Genesis opens before there are cities, nations, roads, houses, or even a human being to look toward the heavens. “And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”Genesis 1:2 The Hebrew word used here רָחַף, rāḥaph. It carries the idea of…
What Did Inspiration Feel Like? Exploring the Human Side of Scripture
I wonder what it felt like. Not what inspiration means. We can study that. We can read the passages, trace the doctrine, argue over words and meanings. I mean what did it feel like to be there? To sit with a piece of parchment in front of you, ink…
Love At Its Hardest
We have made love too pretty. A heart. A rainbow. A little winged child with a bow who really should have had better supervision. We turned love into decoration. But love is not decoration. Love is work. Love is sacrifice. Love is protection. Imagine the…
What Do You Need? Rethinking Compassion, Convenience, and Real Love
Sometimes we hear thunder in the distance. It may never reach us. The storm can roll along the horizon, close enough that we feel the vibration, close enough that the books on the shelves seem to rattle just a little, and then the clouds move on. The sky…
The Glowing Triangle: How Convenience and Screen Time Are Costing Us Real Connection
Is it not alarming how quickly our attention can be redirected without our ever realizing it? One moment, everything we do is centered on one subject, such as our health. The next, we are staring at that glowing triangle, sneering at people who think…
You Can’t Outrun the Truth: Why Repentance Changes Everything
“In the beginning was the Word.” Before the universe moved, before light broke across the darkness, before water gathered and land rose, the Word was already there. John begins his Gospel with language that reaches behind Genesis itself: John 1:1–3 In…
“You Are Missing the Big Picture”: What Surviving Cancer and Cardiac Arrest Taught Me About the End Times
Every day, I take time to sit before my computer and write. It is becoming a habit, putting words down to help wake up my mind. Sometimes it is morning, and sometimes it is late afternoon. I work the night shift three nights a week, so the hours of the…
“Do We Really Have to Cover This Again?”: Why Humanity Keeps Reaching for Fire Instead of Mercy
Hey, y’all. Have you noticed that people have not changed nearly as much as we like to think? In the 1960s and early 1970s, people rebelled against authority, challenged the government, questioned old customs, and helped usher in what became known as the…
The Dirt Road to Mercy: How an Ancient Biblical Outsider Taught Me to Care for My Dying Stepfather
Ebed-Melech shows us that even those who stand outside of “preferred teachings” will be noticed by God. This can be missed or even ignored by those of us who consider others outside our faith to be “less than.” As we grow older, a few things become true.…