What do we need to know?
The Messiah is more than the sum of his tri-part office as king, priest, and prophet. Jesus is described in these three ways, but these descriptions don’t even come close…
Why do we need Jesus?
We deviated from our holy calling—God called us to be his shadows, his stewards—and as a result all of Creation has fallen out of its proper relationship with God and…
Why did Jesus come?
To inaugurate his Kingdom on-earth-as-it-is-in-heaven. Jesus’ death and resurrection marked the end of one age and the beginning of another—an age where we can experience the Kingdom of God every…
Who is Jesus?
He is the Savior, coming to set us free from spiritual bondage like Moses liberated the Israelites from physical bondage. The Israelites were enslaved to the Egyptians, and their only…
On the Trinity
What is the Trinity, and Why Does it Matter? I have a suspicion that Christians don’t really care about understanding the Trinity. We tend to think of it as…
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…
Telos: the purpose of life on earth
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Most people don’t seem to grow much, if at all, after the first year or so of becoming Christians. They think becoming a Christian was all they needed…
Almighty Dollar: being righteous with money
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Every time I write about money I get my world rocked. It’s the most terrifying thing in the world to teach about, because two things always happen: I…
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