Is life stressing you out? If so, you’re not the only one. Doctors tell us that a significant portion of illness is brought on by stress. I run into people everyday who are overwhelmed by schedules, relationships, finances, job demands and any number of other pressures. It fascinates me, however, that I also run ...

Romans 8 is probably my favorite chapter in the Bible. It begins with “no condemnation”, moves on to sonship and inheritance for those led by the Spirit rather than the flesh, and ends with a view of God’s sovereign love and grace that absolutely blows my mind with its beauty. Buried right in the ...

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. ...

A lot of people wonder why there’s so much pain and suffering in our world. If God is in control (and he is), why doesn’t he prevent more pain? Why has he made a world in which evil, not only exists, but seems to often go unchecked?  One possible option is to think of God as a sovereign puppet-master. He ...

A line is not fully distinct from a point. It is more than a point but still includes all that is a point. A point has neither height nor width. A line has width. A square is not fully distinct from a line but it is nevertheless more than a line. A square exists in a two dimensional reality made up of an infinite ...

When facing loss and calamity, many take comfort in the thought of God’s sovereignty. “God is in control,” and they find solace in the midst of pain with the thought that God has some greater purpose. I can certainly understand this pain, and this way of thinking about loss. I’ve experienced it myself. The ...

One of the ways in which it is often necessary for us from the West to think differently is in how we think about matter. Since the Enlightenment, western thinking has become more and more materialistic. This doesn’t refer to an emphasis or reliance on money (though that is also true!) but rather a view of ...

“God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him for our food. Amen.” That’s the first prayer I remember learning as a small child. It’s short (as prayers before meals should be). It rhymes. It’s really quite a good little prayer. The thing I like best about it is that it communicates ...

I want to recommend a book – Flatland by Edwin Abbott. In this book, a two dimensional character (a square) has a dream and in the dream he visits a one dimensional world called Lineland. There he tries to describe a two dimensional reality to inhabitants of the one dimensional reality, which is no easy ...

As if the difficulties outlined in my previous post aren’t enough, it gets even more complicated. Messed up theological constructs prop up human brokenness and the two work together to hinder growth and faith. I’ve discovered a major incongruence in my theological understanding of God. It is necessary to hold two ...