Category Archives: kingdom

The One Where I Encourage Giving Thanks

It is a sure sign that we are sinners that we tend to be more concerned about what we do than what we are. That is, our guilt or peace oftentimes is the fruit of our own judgment of how … Continue reading

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Are there any “gray areas”?

Is everything a matter of right and wrong from God’s point of view? How should we determine issues that would be “gray?” No, there are no gray areas from God’s point of view. Neither should there by gray areas from … Continue reading

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It May Not Be About Me

It’s one of my favorite lines, not just because of how funny it is, but how true. “I’ve talked long enough about me… how about you talk about me for a while?” We are all, I suspect, our own favorite … Continue reading

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Rittenhouse, Verdicts and Heroes

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Grumbling Idol Words

It is not an insignificant afterthought that the children of Israel spent forty years wandering the wilderness grumbling and complaining against the God who rescued them. It’s not due to the unpleasantness of the desert. It’s not due bad leadership … Continue reading

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Psalm 9; Clamoring Demographic

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Belong, then believe, or, believe, then belong?

Will going to church eventually lead to conversion, or must one be born again and then desire to belong to the Boby of Christ? Believe, then belong. However, it is certainly possible that one might attend, then believe, and then … Continue reading

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Common Grace

Perhaps the most subtle verbal sleights of hand are acts of equivocation. Equivocation is when we use one word, but with two different meanings. The change happens so fast we miss the palmed meaning, and are made fools. The classic … Continue reading

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A Time for Everything

It’s not been an easy few years. No mask can hide it, no needle inoculate us from it. In addition to health woes we’ve had years of political upheaval and rancor, riots in our streets. Inflation is informing us that … Continue reading

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Are there carnal Christians?

Yes there are. I know this because I am one. You, I pray, are one as well. Because there are only two kinds of genuine Christians, carnal ones and dead ones. It is important, as always, that we define our … Continue reading

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