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November 2019

November 20, 2019

Women in the Church Part 4

Doesn't Paul say women can't be Pastors? But what about 1 Timothy 2 were Paul...

November 18, 2019

Women in the Church Part 3

Women and the Kingdom of God There is no question that Jesus brought the Kingdom...

November 13, 2019

Women in the church Part 2

I find it ironic that I, as a man, can use something a women wrote...

November 11, 2019

Women and the Church part 1

Women around the world suffer significant oppression. They are, simply because of their gender,...

July 2019

July 08, 2019

Worship is a matter of the heart!

For those in the church who are having the debate "contemporary v traditional" I simply...

July 01, 2019

What is Discipleship? pt 2

There is a danger in viewing Christianity as a relationship Christianity as a Relationship...

June 2019

June 24, 2019

What is discipleship? pt 1

Most churches have replaced discipleship with conversion “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he...

June 20, 2019

What is the Gospel pt 5

Most Christians have little sense that there is much beyond accepting Jesus as their savior....

June 16, 2019

What is the Gospel? pt 4

One cannot separate the proclamation of the Kingdom of God from the acts of the...

June 13, 2019

What is the Gospel? pt 3

To proclaim that “Jesus is Lord” begins with the acknowledgement that no one or nothing...

June 10, 2019

What is the Gospel? pt 2

A “me” centered definition of the Gospel often leaves out the mission of God’s people!...

June 05, 2019

4 Thoughts on what the Sabbath means for us today: Towards a Theology of the Sabbath pt 4

I will contend that the Sabbath is indeed an abiding provision. The Sabbath was fulfilled...

June 03, 2019

Sabbath was to protect against abuse: Towards a Theology of the Sabbath pt 3

“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27). Jesus'...

June 01, 2019

The Sabbath was made for Justice: Toward a Theology of the Sabbath pt 2

In Luke 13, Jesus heals a woman who was crippled by an evil spirit...

May 2019

May 30, 2019

What does it mean to honor the Sabbath? Toward a Theology of the Sabbath pt 1

Was Jesus working when He healed on the Sabbath? If you travel to Israel today...

April 2019

April 25, 2019

What is the Gospel? pt 1

I was at a conference recently with several thousand church planters—mostly from evangelical backgrounds—when during...

August 2018

August 30, 2018

Women in Ministry

Some of the very churches who adamantly restrict women from being pastors and teachers in...

June 2018

June 07, 2018

Jesus and Guns

I kinda chuckle at the title of this blog. I know that for many guns...

May 2018

May 23, 2018

Ministry is Hard

(This post is written primarily to encourage my brothers and sisters in Christ, alongside whom,...

March 2018

March 09, 2018

To Give or not to Give? What does the NT say about Giving?

Giving according to the New Testament is strictly from the heart! But, to say that...

September 2017

September 24, 2017

Freedom of Speech?

I don't have to agree with your views. But I should absolutely defend your right...

May 2017

May 10, 2017

Giants in the Land

Have you ever experienced giants in the land? A time when jobs weren’t opening up...

October 2016

October 22, 2016

God and Country

We are hearing all kinds of rhetoric regarding the potential for God’s curse to be...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

Politics and the Church part 3

I find it quite interesting that neither Jesus, Paul, nor any other author of...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

Politics and the Church Part 2

The kingdom of God aims to redeem the world and claim it for Him. We...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Politics and the Church part 1

The politics of Jesus are highly countercultural During this election year I think it is...

December 2015

December 10, 2015

CHURCH: WE NEED YOU JUST AS MUCH AS YOU NEED US

Could it be that the church couldn’t move last week because the feet didn’t come....

November 2015

November 25, 2015

JESUS WAS A REFUGEE

Why are we as Christians more concerned about political argumentation and our personal safety than...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

How to More Effectively Share your Faith

if anyone says to you, “here are the 10 keys to effective evangelism,” be cautious....

July 17, 2015

What happens when our pastors say what we don’t want to hear?

What do you do when your pastor says something you don’t want to hear? I...