Chewing on these verses from Hebrews 3 today: “So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you...

Isaiah 61 begins, “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has s...

In Matthew chapter 6, Jesus is describing some of the ways that his family is to be different than how the world does things. In the middle...

In the last few days, I’ve had interaction with a wide variety of folks: ·          An author who insists that Christians are still obl...

May I share something kind of strange? OK. Thanks. I've been thinking (yes, again ) !  (I do that.) It seems to me that the fir...

Does Abraham's tithe to Melchizedek mean we must tithe? When teaching on the topic of tithing, pastors generally refer to Genesis 14,...

I admit: the murderous persecution of Christians in the Middle East is an ugly thing. I’ve seen photos that make me want to throw up, and I...

I've heard John 14:15 quoted many times in reference to obeying some of the laws of the Old Testament:  “If you love Me, keep My command...

Hebrews 1:3 says, “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being....” This is just saying as a principle...

I have a confession to make. I’ve been leading you astray. I’ve deceived you. Let me explain. I write, from time to time, about some of ...

Oh, baby! I could spend a few years here. I was wandering through a marina some years ago, looking at the sailboats, imagining the wind...

You are hereby warned: I’m going to rant. Please prepare yourself. (Conclusions at the… er… conclusion.) I posted this photo recently, wi...

How often does this happen to you: you’re minding your own business, and suddenly God points out someone’s fault to you? Sometimes, it’s a...

You’ve probably already figured out that my first name isn’t actually “Northwest” and that I’m not really Gandalf the Grey. This is a “pen...

God’s people have been rebuked with a couple of phrases plucked out of the Bible more times than I care to recount: “Decently and in ord...

There’s a principle that we all deal with. When we discover new evidence about something that we already have an opinion about, we are ...