This has been burning in me for a couple of weeks. I guess I’d better get it out. I’ll be as gentle as I can. I get it that some folks...

I’ll bet you’ve read this passage from Matthew 18. You may have heard it preached or practiced. “Moreover if your brother sins against...

You know, I think we’ve misunderstood the idea of God’s vengeance. For example, in Isaiah 61 , God defines his idea of what vengeance ...

I grew up within driving distance of the ocean, and we made frequent trips. I love the pounding surf and the tide pools and the beaches an...

Authority is always given, never taken.  That’s pretty much immutable. Father could claim authority in my life in his role as my creat...

I was reflecting on some of the guys who have influenced my life in God over the years. None of these guys had a position of “leader,” but a...

My day job is what’s normally called a “white collar” job. Most American jobs are. Recently, I was doing a lot of digging. Digging is m...

There are maybe two primary kinds of people reacting with distress to the election results. One kind is all about outrage. That outrage...

We confuse two very different thoughts, and I wonder if maybe we do this fairly often: We begin with "I don't see it that way,...

I’ve been challenged by some of my brothers. The context has been how to respond to homosexual believers, but the issue is bigger than that...

I grew up in the church. Later, I met Jesus in another church during the Jesus People revolution. That was far more interesting than regula...

Every so often, I hear someone moan wistfully, “If only we could return to the glory days of the first century church! If only we could be a...

John the Baptist was aware, perhaps more than most people, that Jesus’ mandate (in Luke 4) included the anointing “To proclaim liberty to...

I enjoy classical music. More than any other kind of music, the composers of great classical music wove melodies and harmonies together, of...

My mind has been taking me on some strange paths, recently. You who are parents, have you ever given birth to a post-pubescent adult, r...

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...

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...

We hear it preached quite often that if a Christian isn’t in fellowship with others, she is in greater danger from the various enemies of ou...