The Life and Times of Billy Ryman, first King of America: a harmony of Christ’s parables
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Have you ever wondered if Jesus’ ‘parables’ were actually stories about real people? Have you ever though, ‘what if the parable of the talents was actually a story…
Furious George: a children’s companion to “Sin Monkey”
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”I always want the children’s ministry and the adult ministry at Westwinds to rhyme. So, when we began teaching on hamartiology (the theology of sin), I thought it…
Is this the beginning?
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Since Adam and Eve certainly didn’t write Genesis 1…who did? Who is responsible for penning the most important framing narrative of Judeo-Christian spirituality? Most will answer that it…
The Valley of Dry Bones (a fictional reconstruction)
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Sometimes I wonder where the prophecies in the Bible come from. I mean, I know they come from God…but what about the context of the prophet’s life? Surely…
Ezekiel 37: the cobblestone translation for the Valley of Dry Bones
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Creating a cobblestone translation of the Bible is a devotional practice that entails reading every English translation of scripture and then carefully selecting each verse that best resonates…
Nehemiah: a commentary
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Nehemiah is famous for rebuilding his city, the City of Peace, Jerusalem. Jerusalem has become a broken down, ramshackle version of its former self. Annihilated by the Persians…
Nehemiah: the cobblestone translation, illustrated
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Creating a cobblestone translation of the Bible is a devotional practice that entails reading every English translation of scripture and then carefully selecting each verse that best resonates…
Images of Atonement
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Do you know what the phrase ‘Jesus H. Christ’ refers to? These days, it’s terribly offensive, but its origins are actually sacred. It comes from the latin phrase…
Colossians: the supreme tao of Jesus (a commentary)
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Paul’s letter to the Colossian church was written to help those Christians understand that everything we do or say or think or believe centers on, in, and around…
Colossians: the cobblestone translation, illustrated
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Creating a cobblestone translation of the Bible is a devotional practice that entails reading every English translation of scripture and then carefully selecting each verse that best resonates…