I wish we had the spiritual fervor of the people of Nehemiah’s day. Perhaps exile is required for us to remember the passion and excitement our faith can bring us. I know that hardship draws us closer to God, and that God can use any difficulty and pain in our lives to draw us nearer […]
Do you consider God’s will something that happens easily? Or maybe a better questions is this: do you begin to doubt that you are truly doing God’s will when things get tough? Is opposition, either by others or by circumstances, a cause of doubt for you, causing you to doubt whether you are following God […]
One of the most fascinating facets of the Pentecost story, with which we are pretty familiar, is it’s link to the story of the Tower of Babel. In fact, the story of Pentecost is almost the exact opposite of the Babel story. In the beginning, God had given one command over and over again to […]
Yesterday I had a conversation about the intersection of theology and physics, asking how we blend these two disciplines in our beliefs. For example, a former colleague once asked me this: if God is truly outside of time and experiences all of time constantly, then could we pray for his intervention in things that have […]
John’s last chapter, as we noted yesterday, is probably a late addition to the gospel, but is notably John’s writing. It is also terribly important to the early church, for without it, we leave Peter in disgrace. But with it, we find in Peter a leader who truly understands leadership. No leader can be truly […]