I recently stumbled over yet another place where Jesus sets up the literalists for failure. It seems he did that a number of times. One time...

I was thinking about the Old Covenant recently. Why were there so MANY laws and limitations? I was reflecting that God had offered an AMA...

 In John 7, there’s an interesting interaction between Jesus and his brothers: Jesus' brothers said to him, "Leave Galilee and go t...

I like my coffee strong. A couple of times a week, I make a very large pot of “cold brew fork coffee.” One pot will last me a couple of day...

I feel the need to talk about a turning point I experienced a long time ago. I don’t remember having shared this before. Please be patient ...

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There's an uncomfortable truth about the human species: Ain't a single one of us that's perfect. Well, except the Creator God wh...

Some of the lights in the living room stopped working suddenly. Testing showed they had no power to them. No circuit breakers were tripped. ...

“ Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.” [Amos 3:7] I woke up with this on my mind re...

I was talking with God about Exodus 33, one of my favorite conversations in the Old Testament. And if I’m honest, sometimes one of the most ...

I felt like I was being schooled as I drove across town.  The guy on the podcast was talking about the Jesus Revolution movie and the Jesus...

The Bible contains lies. It says so.  Let me back up. I’ve just finished the book of Job. That’s a hard read, for me, anyway. The book has s...

The traditional view of repentance, particularly popular in Fundamentalist and Pentecostal circles, is the view that understands that repent...

My prayers have changed. I feel the need to reflect on those changes. I guess that's pretty normal, for us to pray differently over tim...

Here’s a thing that happens among men, particularly among strong men, good men. Men of honor. Consider with me.  (Caution: all kinds of PC t...

Kids do stuff. They discover. They play. They have chores to do. I've been watching some kids grow up over the years. Some of them have ...

 Each of my children in turn has brought someone home to meet the family. In every case, they were wonderful people. In every case it was an...

For some time, I’ve been praying some pretty significant prayers about somebody close to me. There were some changes that I thought would be...