Biblical Accounting
For the past year, I’ve had the privilege of teaching a small class of high school students the basics of accounting. It was a fun class that I’m going to…
Category: 2020
John 8:21-30 Lets Talk
I’m not exactly sure why humans have a tendency to talk past each other. Perhaps our minds get stuck on an idea, and we can’t move from it. Or perhaps…
Blame Games
Consider this a call to realism. To realistically see the events, challenges, joys, and sorrows of our lives. In my experience, I see three paths that folks tend to walk.…
John 8:12-20 Light of the World
Light is amazing. In the hallway of our home, there is a very small light that produces maybe a fourth of the light from a candle. During the day, you…
Jealous Yet?
This week on the pandemic front, I encountered a new enemy. And it all started because a senator from Texas got a haircut. Now, normally this would not be news.…
John 8:1-11 – A Woman Caught in Sin
Some aspects of the Bible are a mystery. Exactly how did Noah feed all those animals? What was Manna? What did Jesus write on the ground when the Pharisees accused…
Great Stability/Enormous Change
I have often written about the tensions inherent in the Bible and the practice of faith. For instance, the tension between God’s sovereignty and free will. This pandemic storm is…
John 7 – Diverse Opinions
How many opinions are there today concerning Jesus? It doesn’t take long to conclude there are lots. Some only see the mystical Christ. And those who only see Jesus as…
A Time of Rest
Those in Illinois (and other places) were greeted this week with extensions of the “stay at home” order. For us, that meant an additional month of staying at home. Strange…
John 6:59–71 Who has the Words of Eternal Life?
The fallout from Jesus’ radical statement didn’t end with the Jewish leaders. Even some of His disciples had difficulty with Jesus’ misunderstood statement of partaking in His flesh and blood.…
A Season of Loss and Gain
There is a sneaky outcome from this pandemic. It’s always there in everyday life, but much more spread out and rarely hits an entire population at once. There are also…
John 6:41-59 A Controversy Continued
I’m not going to pretend to be able to dispel the controversies about our next section of John’s Gospel. What Jesus said was controversial the moment He spoke it, as…