DID GOD GIVE US ENOUGH TO GO AROUND?
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and placed his two image-bearers in the center of a lush, tropical rainforest to have unrestrained social, sexual, and intellectual…
IS GOD HAPPIER WHEN YOU’RE RICH?
There are two extremes of thought within Christianity about wealth: some think God wants us all to live a life of pleasure and abundance, and some think God wants us…
IS GOD HAPPIER WHEN YOU’RE POOR?
At the time of our marriage Carmel and I were paying our way through school on academic and athletic scholarships and on my $100/wk salary as a local pastor. Most…
Guerilla Ecclesiology
Church has to be more than just programs, strategem, cell groups, and services. If being the church is an idea that resonates with new testament christian spirituality [more so than…
Kinesthetic Spirituality
Kinesthetic spirituality is the understanding that our actions and our bodies play a role in our discipleship, that what we do actually matters to God and that He is concerned…
SO BEAUTIFUL
There is no standard for beauty. So much of it comes down to likes and dislikes, to aesthetics, and to things like fit or mood or tone or space. Yet…
Citizens of Heaven
Do you remember when you first gave yourself to Christ? It revolutionized every part of the way you lived. Christ changed your heart, your speech, your relationship with your kids….
MYTHOS
Once upon a time… A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… In the beginning… These words have a mythic quality to them, don’t you think?…
SEXUAL PERSECUTION
Christ was crucified. Stephen was stoned for preaching the gospel. Ten of the twelve original disciples were executed for preaching the gospel. We often think that persecution is a thing…
GOD’S WILL
How specific do you think God’s will actually is? No one would disagree that God’s will is generally evident—he wants us to serve and to love, to remain faithful and…