Loving the Church
“By this all people will know that you are my disciples…” What is the “this” here in John 13:35? Jesus completes the sentence with “if you have love for one…
Theology
Far As The Curse Is Found – 2023 Christmas
“Far as the curse is found…” Yahweh. You are the Creator and sustainer of everything. Every … thing. Every thing that is not you came from you, the only self-existent…
Hard Times
I’ve been thinking lately about some friends I’ve run across facing serious issues and really hard times. I myself have faced some tough things in my life. The question becomes,…
On Assurance
I was asked once about assurance of salvation – how we know and in particular how we can help assure others, like our kids. The more I think about it,…
Marriage
“I do.“ Have you ever wondered, why marriage? Aside from the obvious scientific biological reason that a male and a female are required to engage in marital sex and produce…
Calvinism Pt 4 – “T”
NOTE: If you are reading this series, it would be most helpful to read them in order, beginning with Part 1. Whatever your theology is, even if you are an…
Calvinism Pt 3 – “L”
NOTE: If you are reading this series, it would be most helpful to read them in order, beginning with Part 1. Of the five “points” of Calvinism, I thought I’d…
Calvinism Pt 1 – Overview
NOTE: I added “Part 1″ to the title after writing this. As I finished this article, there are so many other questions and implications to this and how it all…
The Meaning of the Universe
If someone said the following to you meaning to point out the ‘ridiculousness’ of Christianity, what’s your response? I’d like to think about what my response would be. It would…
The Missing Gospel
”Christ died and was resurrected for the forgiveness of sins” The line above is the core of the gospel, is it not? I’ll go for the punchline: No, not quite.…