Evil Collapsing Under Its Own Weight
“Evil collapsing under its own weight.” I love that phrase. It’s so fitting. On a geopolitical scale we remember the fall of Communism, the end of the Third Reich, and…
God is Knitting Us Together
The last part of the human body to decay, bones preserve the essence of an individual. In effect, they symbolize a person’s identity. The poets often use bones to picture…
Prayer and the Tricliniums
My understanding of prayer changed dramatically once I learned about tricliniums. Triclinium comes from two Greek words meaning “three” (tri) “couches” (kline), and it refers both to the furniture and…
Pecha Kucha Excerpt // Enslaved By Eternity
The last series at Westwinds, covering the book of Titus, was taught entirely in the Pecha Kucha format. Each talk was exactly 6:40 long, and used 20 slides shown for…
Seeing God’s Will
One of the most common, and yet most puzzling, questions people ask concerns God’s will for their lives. Is it God’s will for me to get married? Is it God’s…
Truth Serum: Trusting God
God created Adam and Eve, planted a luxuriant garden to provide for their welfare, and walked with them daily to enjoy its many pleasures. Nevertheless, the serpent insinuated God had…
The Bible and Slavery
Urge bond-servants to be subject to their own masters in everything. Titus 2.9 When translating Titus, we made an important editorial decision that must now be addressed. We changed…
The Mosquito
In 2005, The Mosquito was marketed in London as a device meant to keep young people from loitering. The Mosquito device emitted a frequency that was high enough that it…
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