Who Are You? The Redeemed
There is seems to be a desire for fairness built into each one of us. It is initially born out of the selfish desire to get our due; to get…
There is seems to be a desire for fairness built into each one of us. It is initially born out of the selfish desire to get our due; to get…
What do you do for a living? That is often one of the first questions we ask when we meet someone new. The answer to that one question provides many…
There is a certain family resemblance shared between me, my brother, my dad, and his brother. Get us all in the same room and there is no doubt that we…
Metaphors break. They have their limits. Put too much weight on them and they snap like a power line in an ice storm. The problem with the guitar string metaphor…
Hang around Christian circles long enough and you’re sure to hear several catchphrases. Some of them feel good or give us something to say when we don’t know what…
The other day I drove to work through a gray blanket of fog. I could see far enough ahead to drive safely but normally visible landmarks were hidden from view.…
One day Jesus told a parable which likened the Kingdom of God to a wedding feast. This parable of Jesus is found in Matthew 22:1-14 and contains our next intentional…
Who is really in charge? Who is responsible for my actions or the actions of others or the whims of nature? The second of God’s intentional tensions is the pull…
My musical instrument of choice is guitar. Although I love the sound of a well over-driven Stratocaster or Les Paul, I choose to play a plain-old Martin acoustic. There’s just…
In the previous six articles, we have examined Jesus’ “you have heard it said, but I say” declarations. Each clarified or corrected some point of Law or common understanding. In…
I’m conflicted over a recent event. A few days ago a pastor shot a robber who had broken into the church and collected some laptops. What happened is a…
Do you mean it? Do you really mean it? We use many different methods to get across the simple idea that we mean what we say and that our promises…