Acts 1:1-5. A lot of people think the Bible's pretty confusing, and sometimes that's fair, but every now and then there are these fantastically clear passages w...
There's so much to the book of Acts that it had to be split into two episodes. In this second part of the introduction, we'll kick around a bunch of obvious and...
Jesus died and came back to life. Luke finished his last book with Jesus ascending into heaven and the disciples heading back to Jerusalem to face whatever was ...
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But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who p...
Shouldn’t we long for Heaven?
While it’s true we are here on this earth to live and proclaim Christ with our mouths and our lives, to possibly suffer trials...
Sometimes I still doubt God’s call on my life. At other times that call is more certain than my own existence. Why would God use an awkward introvert like me? B...
Is God Always Angry? Turning to History
Since writing my book The Fury of God, I have been challenged by some as to whether or not God's anger is inherent to...
Confession: Up until about six months ago, I did not see the church as being the Bride of Christ. I just couldn't reconcile it being the Body of Christ and the ...
There is a time in Israelite history known as the Late Second Temple Period, which spans roughly from the Maccabean war of 166 BCE to the destruction of the Sec...
Conviction and conversation are not mutually exclusive. In fact, the passion we possess for our beliefs should encourage more lucid discussions. That leads to t...
One of the enduring fights among the faithful is the "proper" role of women within Christianity. People really get heated when they talk about it. I have made n...
The last couple of weeks it seems like our national news has been dominated by a couple of things: Gay wedding cakes and religious freedom laws. As gay people a...
