The Importance of Hearing (an excerpt from Unveiled)
The Importance of Hearing (an excerpt from Unveiled)
/ November 26, 2012 0 COMMENTS
The following is an excerpt from my book Unveiled: The Transforming Power of ...
Is Scripture Literally True?
/ September 10, 2011 2 COMMENTS
Is scripture literally true? This is a loaded question. If I answer yes, then I am stating that all language in scripture should be understood literally, which is clearly not the case. ...
Tom Wright on Gnosticism
Tom Wright on Gnosticism
/ June 4, 2011 6 COMMENTS
N.T. “Tom” Wright is one of my favorite authors. This is a great video where he tackles a common conspiracy theory that attempts to undermine the historicity of the gospels. ...
5 Doable Ways to Become a Student of the Bible
/ June 4, 2011 7 COMMENTS
Most Christians know they ought to study the Bible. Many of those don’t really know how. Here are a few thoughts that will hopefully help to point you in the right direction. 1. ...
I’m Not Certain
/ April 4, 2011 37 COMMENTS
I recently finished teaching a class at my church called “What Does God Know About Tomorrow?” This class on the topic of divine foreknowledge briefly surveyed the Reformed, ...
Belling the Cat
/ January 7, 2011 5 COMMENTS
For those of you who don’t know, I am currently involved in an online discussion called “Belling the Cat”. This is a discussion between me and my dear friend Jace. ...
Don’t Just Read the Menu
/ November 24, 2010 2 COMMENTS
My friend Yancy Smith recently used a metaphor about scripture that has really stuck with me. I’m paraphrasing him here, but the basic idea is that the Bible is like an amazing ...
How to Meditate on Scripture
/ August 8, 2010 11 COMMENTS
Meditation is Scriptural In recent memory the spiritual practice of meditation has been mostly neglected by the people of God and instead counterfeited by practitioners of ...
The Word of God (Part 8) – Chewing Chewing Chewing Chewing
/ August 20, 2009 1 COMMENTS
In the last post I introduced the idea that, as Dutch Sheets says, all truth comes to us in seed form. What to a writer, teacher, or preacher may be mature and fruit bearing revelation ...
The Word of God (Part 5) – Spirit and Life
/ August 17, 2009 0 COMMENTS
John 6:63 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. John 6:68 68 But Simon Peter answered Him, ...
You Search the Scriptures
/ June 10, 2009 0 COMMENTS
John 5:37-4037 And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. 38 But you do not have His word abiding in you, ...