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May 2023

May 28, 2023

The Oneness Flowing From Pentecost

One of Jesus’ most treasured ambitions was to see true oneness among believers. John 17:21...

March 2023

March 08, 2023

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Freedom

In early 1997 I was staying in Cebu City, Philippines, serving as a missionary. Cebu...

February 2023

February 13, 2023

The Importance of Collective Emotion in Worship

Worship is both a private and communal practice. We are all led individually when communing...

February 07, 2023

A Racist Element in the Contemporary Worship Debate?

Putting aside the back and forth of the contemporary worship discussion for a moment, I...

September 2022

September 02, 2022

Entering the Promised Land

Much has been made of the metaphor of the Israelites’ journey from Egypt to Canaan,...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

Your circumstances are not guidance

How do you know if your circumstances are from God? The church of my youth...

August 09, 2022

The River of Life

Heaven and Earth are connected, and that connection is the Holy Spirit flowing from paradise...

June 2022

June 19, 2022

Apologetics for The Status Quo

Theology serves a crucial purpose. It steers us back time and again to the heart...

April 2022

April 17, 2022

What Jesus wanted his disciples (and us) to know – Part 2

Last time we established that as the disciple closest to Jesus, John wrote about him...

April 09, 2022

Faith Teaching – Pitfall or Paradise?

At the age of 21 I was first exposed to faith teaching, and boy did...

January 2022

January 11, 2022

Does the Devil Exist?

It seems like everything is being put to the question these days. It is tempting...

September 2021

September 16, 2021

Rethinking Grace

What does it mean to receive the grace of God? What does grace provide? The...

September 09, 2021

The Most Important Thing

You might have heard it said that worship takes many forms – that cleaning the...

September 04, 2021

Nullifying the Word of God

Jesus was pretty stern in his treatment of the pharisees. In contrast to...

August 2021

August 25, 2021

Every Breakthrough Creates Friction

The word breakthrough might conjure images of a dramatic moment, perhaps of a person...

August 20, 2021

When God is Free to Move

Subtitle: In About an Hour Readers from my generation might remember a 1980s...