I’m tired of extremists controlling the conversation. Christian Nationalism, Qanon, violence, the hopelessness of nihilism, and bald-faced lying threaten our world and have no place being used in the vocabulary …
“I’m a realist!”
Walking on my favorite route recently, I encountered a guy I have known superficially for a few years. The subject was the weather and a headline seen in my newsfeed …
“I know the plans I have for you….”
Jeremiah 29:11 – A Commencement Address, May 10th, 2017 By Phillip Camp, Lipscomb University – Nashville, TN As we gather for such an important milestone in the lives of you …
Revelation Resources
The book of Revelation is a fraught book. For many generations it has been often approached as a manual for deciphering the future date of Christ’s return. 666 has been …
Modern Forms of Greed
This article is adapted from a blog by Frank Sonnenberg. “The Many Faces of Greed.” Greed is a term that describes ruthless people with naked ambition, people with an insatiable …
It’s a God thing!
Philip Yancey is an American author, most known for his writings on a spiritual plane. He has sold over 15 million books in 40 different languages. Needless to say, he …
Awake the Sleeping God
I recently encountered a guy that sounds really spiritual and godly. Say’s “God is good,” CONSTANTLY. Enough to make you go crazy as you think about the people who love …
Nihilism 2022
I heard a conversation recently about the knowability of virtue, and it put into crystal-clear perspective the chasm that exists between Christian faith and the relativism of our age. In …
No One Likes the Product
The Jesus Creed is a Scot McKnight blog located on the Christianity Today website. The blog is named after McKnight’s popular book by the same name. In the article below …
The Image of God
Text: Hebrews 1 1-3 Going through a long line of prophets, God has been addressing our ancestors in different ways for centuries. Recently he spoke to us directly through his …
What is Nihilism?
Nihilism (/ˈnaɪ(h)ɪlɪzəm, ˈniː-/; from Latin nihil ‘nothing’) is a philosophy that holds that human values are baseless, that life is meaningless, that knowledge is impossible, or that some set of …
Wright & Collins sing Genesis
The guy on the left, in this picture, is N. T. Wright, internationally known New Testament scholar and expert on the Apostle Paul. The guy on the right is Dr. …
Symbols and Meanings in the Eucharist
The Lord’s Supper (LS) that we observe today has a historical context which is important for understanding what we do today. The LS is not some random experience that the …
What’s next?
On December 26, stores start receiving Christmas returns. Some stores will even take your return, give you a receipt, and mail it to the place from which it was purchased. …
Thou art Peter
Texts give visual clues about their meanings. Comma’s, for example, help prevent confusion like in this sentence. “Let’s eat Grandpa.” Sounds like a group of cannibals. But a comma clears …
Translating the Bible
There is a theory of interpretation which says that the reader brings the meaning to the text, not the reverse. There have been poetry and prose writers who subscribed to …
The Meaning of “Church”
The word “church” is a biblical word, and it is used as the English translation of the Greek word ekklesia. The word, ekklesia is also a social word and describes …
Fun Words….
Exegesis and hermeneutics are fun words. If you’ve ever preached a sermon, these two words become your close friends. In a nutshell, exegesis attempts to answer questions such as “What …