Jesus Christ – Enterprise
In the article Does God Want You To Be Rich David Van Biema and Jeff Chu highlight the life of George Adams who, at that time, attended Lakewood Church with Joel Osteen. They quote Adams,…
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The Land Promise of Abraham
Paul emphasizes the land promise is fulfilled as Christ (and his body) have gospel dominion and fill the whole world. The original creation mandates retold to Abraham are fulfilled in the interadvental, world-wide family of…
Religion’s Decline in the USA and the Power of the Gospel
A new study says “nones” are on the rise: One-in-Five Adults Have No Religious Affiliation. Alan Jacobs expresses an interesting thought in light of this new research, The question I would ask is this: Has…
The Power of Story
J. R. R. Tolkien explains our fantastical writing (i.e. the writing of fantasy literature) flows from and because of Whose image we bear, We make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we…
Gospel Unifies and Enhances Diversity
The Gospel unifies, and at the same time, it enhances diversity without enforcing uniformity (see Romans 14; 1 Corinthians 8; Revelation 5:9; which reflect that there are different kinds of people, and because of these…
More Kingdom
Some folks see the terms “Kingdom of Heaven” and “Kingdom of God” as two different kingdoms. I am not so sure. Here are parallel passages using the two different phrases for the same accounts. If…
Reading Genesis Like Jesus Taught
Ian McConnell has graduated into my favorite preachers list. Man oh man. So good. Take a listen – Reading Genesis Like Jesus Taught (Luke 24:13-47) Some highlights Jesus teaches how to read Genesis. He teaches…
God Cannot Deny Himself
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!…
Superheroes, Saviors and Weakness
Superheroes are cultural icons. Every kid wants to become a superhero. Growing up, I wanted to be Superman or Batman. There are superheroes of all kinds: the invincible Man of Steel, the Dark Knight, and…
The Land Promise
Dispensationalists emphasize that we need to take Scripture at face value. As I pointed out previously, this is impossible to do consistently. With this in mind, though, let’s look at a face-value look at the…