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April 2022

April 12, 2022

The Bible and its Interpretation: biblicism and evangelicalism #5

My opening presentation in my course on biblical interpretation always includes examples of interpretations which...

April 08, 2022

Luke Devotional Guide #5: 13:1-17:10

Week #5 Luke 13:1-17:10 Monday: Read Luke 13:1-35 We have reached the heart of the...

April 05, 2022

The Bible and Truth: Biblicism and Evangelicals #4

Jesus said, “you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free” (John...

April 01, 2022

Luke Devotional Guide #4: Luke 9:51-12:59

Week #4 Luke 9:51-12:59 Monday: Read Luke 9:51-10:24 Luke 9:51-19:44 is often deemed the “travel...

March 2022

March 29, 2022

Biblicism: the Bible and Evangelicalism #3

When I was a child, my mom began attending a ministry for single adults. I...

March 25, 2022

Luke Devotional Guide: #3 7:1-9:50

Monday: Read Luke 7:1-35 The speech of Jesus in Luke 6 ended with Jesus’ question:...

March 18, 2022

Luke Devotional Guide: #2 Luke 3:1-6:49

Monday: Read Luke 3:1-4:13 As we noted, the Gospel of Luke was written by Luke,...

March 16, 2022

How should Western Christians approach the war in Ukraine? A Perspective

I have noted before that we all agree that the media is biased and can’t...

March 15, 2022

Russia and Ukraine through a Missionary’s eyes

The following letter is by Dan Culbertson and used by permission "Many people have been...

March 11, 2022

Luke devotional guide #1 Luke 1-2

A devotional guide to the Gospel of Luke[1] Monday: Read: Luke 1:1-4; 1 Sam 1:1-2:11...

March 08, 2022

Evangelicals and the Bible gone bad: what to do? Bible and Evangelicalism #2

Many have experienced those who thump their Bibles as justification for why they are right...

March 04, 2022

Matthew Devotional Guide #6: Matthew 24:1-28:20

Monday: Read Matt 24-25 Today’s reading presents us with Jesus’ fifth sermon (Note 26:1 clearly...

March 01, 2022

Ukraine: “Wars and rumors of wars”: a sign of the times, or a sign of all times? A Christian response

So here we go again. Prophetic pundits have seized the opportunity to grab the limelight....

February 2022

February 25, 2022

Matthew devotional guide #5 Matt 20:1-23:6

Monday: Read Matt 20:1-34 The Parable of the Workers in the field has been widely...

February 22, 2022

Blessed are the poor! Really? Doesn’t Jesus mean: “the poor in Spirit?”

As some of you know, I have been blessed to be teaching a number of...

February 18, 2022

Matthew Devotional Guide #4

Monday: Read Matt 16:1-20 The passage begins with the Pharisees and the Sadducees asking for...

February 15, 2022

Legalized Sports Betting: “You are all Caesars”: No thanks, I think I’ll pass!

I live in Arizona which is one of the many states that has legalized sports...

February 14, 2022

Revelation and the 3rd seal: Covid-19 revisited

Amidst the fervor of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting chaos that many societies are...

February 11, 2022

Matthew Devotional Guide #3 Matthew 11-15

Monday: Read Matt 11:1-30 John the Baptist’s inquiry, “are you the Expected One?” (2) is...

February 08, 2022

Militarism and Ukraine

We all know and agree that our media is biased and that it is hard...

February 04, 2022

Gospel of Matthew #2 Devotional Guide

Week 2 [1] Monday: Read Matt 6:1-34 Well, I am not sure there is a more...

February 01, 2022

The Bible is our only guide? Really? The Bible and evangelicalism #1

In my last post, I noted that evangelicalism is a diverse movement that spans a...

January 2022

January 28, 2022

Gospel of Matthew #1: devotional guide

A devotional guide to the Gospel of Matthew [1] Week 1 Monday: Read Matt 1:1-25...

January 25, 2022

Evangelicalism: Where have all the young people gone?

NB: apologies for those who read this blog regularly. This post is essentially the same...

January 21, 2022

Mark week #4 Devotional Guide

Monday: Read 12:41-14:9 The larger context for Mark 12:41-14:9 includes the fact that Jesus entered...

January 18, 2022

Evangelicalism #1: why are so many young people leaving the church and even their faith?

Evangelical Christianity dominated much of the American Church over the last 50+ years. Statistics vary...

January 14, 2022

Mark week #3 Devotional Guide

Monday: Read Mark 10:1-31 The theme of discipleship dominates this section. Jesus and the disciples...

January 11, 2022

What is the Church?

In my last post, I asked why can’t we just leave the church? I noted...

January 07, 2022

Mark Week #2 Devotional Guide 2022

A devotional guide to the Gospel of Mark[1] Week 2 Monday: Read Mark 6:33-56; 8:1-10...

January 06, 2022

1 Timothy: devotional guide

Monday: Read 1 Tim 3:8-16 Paul continues his teaching on the requirements for ministry by...