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2 mins read|10/07/22Paul reminds us in Eph. 6, that evil is real and present on earth.
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16 mins read|02/28/21The words “sanctify” and “sanctification” have deep roots in the Old Testament. There, holiness is about nearness to the presence of God. He is the holy-maker. Sanctification is his gift. The Old Testament helps us to avoid the common misunderstanding today that sanctification is all about our life of good works.
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10 mins read|05/13/20Far from being a Savior, the god of Unchristianity is a coach who whips us into moral shape, inspires us to be better people, serves as our example. The unspoken goal is to be so virtuous and free of sin that we don’t need Jesus anymore. The transaction is complete. Jesus is unemployed.
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11 mins read|06/01/19In the biblical world, having a few extra inches on your waistline was not a reason for dieting but dancing.
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11 mins read|11/14/18But I can’t evade the question. And neither can you. Because every day God puts it to us. We don’t hear his voice, but nevertheless his voice echoes within us. Asking, prying, confronting us: What do you want me to do for you?
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10 mins read|07/08/18When we imagine we’re living an evil-shunning, virtue-practicing, morally superior Christian life, the problem is not that our halos are too small, but that our heads are too big.
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10 mins read|04/18/18The veil was not torn to let us in but to let God out.
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8 mins read|10/13/15Here’s what lurks beneath this seemingly righteous behavior: they wanted to make a name for themselves, these tower-builders.
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11 mins read|09/24/15Good people like fist-pounding on the pulpit about the bad things that bad people do in this bad world of ours. It makes them feel better about themselves.
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15 mins read|03/26/15On Sunday mornings, when I confess my sins, I say that “I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them.” But those adverbs are like two accusing fingers pointed at my less-than-heartily-sorry, less-than-sincerely-repentant heart.
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1 min read|02/03/15Chad and Daniel discuss Sabbath and Sanctification.
