Jesus: Head and Foot

Jesus: Head and Foot. What do we do when stories from different parts of the Bible don't agree?

Nietzsche the Theologian

Friedrich Nietzsche is famous for saying a number of things: "Whatever doesn't kill you can only make you stronger," "I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time," "God is dead! And we have killed him."  In life he was as famous an atheist as the world has ever known, …

Resurrection

17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles[a] from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she …

Reading Our Culture

With my older two sons at camp last week, the twins and I were filling in on the newspaper route.  I haven't assisted delivering the papers in years but while on the paper route  I saw this sign for the first time. As a believer in Jesus Christ I think it is important, if you …

Table Fellowship

At church this week we focused on the practice of communion in our worship services.  It is one of the most important things that we do together, and it is an indicator of the health of our congregation.  After all, a church that has difficulty doing communion together is likely having difficulty in lots of …

What the Bible Says (or doesn't say) About the Rapture

Today there are a lot of people talking about the rapture, the idea that believers in Jesus Christ will one day at the Lord’s call be snatched off the surface of the Earth and carried off to a heavenly abode while Earth and everyone on it are tossed in the trash. I don't want to …

Look Busy

Today Ed Stetzer wrote on his blog, On May 19, 1780 the sky over Connecticut turned dark - so dark that they needed candles to see at noon. The darkness spread as far as they could see, every town in the area that they could contact experienced the same thing. It was shocking, frightening, and …

A Biblical View of Hell

Yesterday I wrote about things that we know aren't true about Hell from what the Bible teaches: Hell is not underground Satan is not in charge of hell Hell is not hot and full of fire. I believe the image of fire (which is common in the Scriptures) is meant to operate on a number …

A Biblical View of What Hell Isn't

Continuing from yesterday... Before I share what I think is a Biblical understanding of Hell (what it is and what it isn't ) I would like to share some resources I found helpful in thinking about Hell (in addition to the Bible): Scot McKnight's One Life, in particular chapter 12, gives a good, responsible treatment …

The Most Subversive Protest Yet

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the gospel on display in Egypt. Christian churches were bombed by terrorists and the 90% of Egypt's population that is Muslim expressed their outrage by attending Christian Mass on Eastern Orthodox Christmas Day (Jan 7) to keep extremists from bombing again. I read today that on last …