“Don’t preach to me!” Maybe you’ve heard that before from a friend or family member. What they mean is “Don’t lecture me,” or “Stop trying to tell me what to do.” None of us like being told what to do, especially if our conscience is telling us that maybe they’re […]
“I have no creed but the Bible,” is a common quip today in some church circles. As bold and spiritual as it may sound, it is actually very problematic. Some people hear the words sola Scriptura and think that it teaches what amounts to “no creed but the Bible.” But
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Before you read this post, I encourage you to read Genesis 12. This is the fifth installment to our Old Testament Story series. You can read the other installments here. As we look at the Old Testament story, we take another leap forward in time. Noah was probably around 2500
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If you are like me, you may come from a tradition that does not celebrate Epiphany or that views many of the Christian feasts with suspicion. In recent years I have come to appreciate the Christian calendar and to see beauty in marking time by the acts of God in
Before you read this post, I encourge you to read Genesis 9. This is the third installment to our Old Testament Story series. You can read the other installments here. A lot of time has elapsed since Genesis 3. If you work through the genealogy in Genesis 5, you’ll see that
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In the United States today, for a great many people, Christmas is the time when you put up a tree and take the kids to the mall to see Santa Claus and tell him all the things they want for gifts. For others, Christmas is a family holiday, a time
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