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January 2019

January 21, 2019

Simplicity: Origen on the allegiances of the Rich Young Ruler

This is part of a short series exploring what three different Early Church Fathers teach...

January 19, 2019

Expecta Dominum: Waiting in faith this Advent season

There are few times since my opening blog posts with Patheos when I have shared...

January 15, 2019

Simplicity: Clement’s stark conclusions about the Rich Young Ruler

This introduction will serve to set up the blogs for the next couple weeks. I'm...

January 12, 2019

Santa Biblia: Immigrants, Solidarity, and My Critique

Initially, I wrestled with the idea of posting this book review, but now I believe...

January 11, 2019

Santa Biblia: Justo Gonzalez on Marginality, Poverty, and the Border

I haven't posted yet this week, although I normally post twice each week. The fact...

January 03, 2019

Formation for Children: Reading to Eliseo in 2018

I have always contended that no one fully understands discipleship until one is discipling others. ...

January 01, 2019

Times of Refreshing and Restoring

Rarely do I take the opportunity to post an entire sermon. However, this is a...

December 2018

December 28, 2018

Doing the Work of Evangelization in a Digital Age

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge...

December 24, 2018

Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace

Welcome again to our Holiday series from Isaiah. Today, we're going to complete the series...

December 21, 2018

at the intersection of Creationism and Theistic Evolution

We now turn slightly away from the discussions about a view of persons and the...

December 18, 2018

Father of Eternity

Once again, welcome to the great Northwest corner of Michigan where we can always guarantee...

December 15, 2018

The Human Person: the imago Dei and biotechnology

This autumn, I took time to explore a view of persons from a psychological standpoint. ...

December 10, 2018

Do we see Jesus as Mighty God?

I love cathedral style ceilings. It's an architectural design that seems to be missing from...

December 07, 2018

Film Review: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Guest Post: Just for fun, I've asked my oldest son Mateo for one of his...

December 04, 2018

Jesus is our Counselor

There's a saying we attribute to C.S. Lewis from the movie Shadowlands with Anthony Hopkins.[1] We...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

A Letter to Pastors

What follows is something quite unique for me. From time to time, I'm invited into...

November 29, 2018

The One Called Wonderful

In the video, I want you to see a real-life Charlie Brown Christmas Tree. This is...

November 23, 2018

Developing a Biblical View of Persons

The world is bustling. The economy is probably getting something like a shot of vitamin...

November 21, 2018

“give thanks” eucharisteo

This is a quick post about thanksgiving perspective. A lot of us have choices we...

November 16, 2018

External Factors of Personality

There are only a few central questions to classical personality theory. They are set in...

November 13, 2018

The Father’s House in Ancient Israel

This blog post and the previous one are word studies on the household and house...

November 08, 2018

Motivation and the Will

Although the question of motive is a popular one, especially in all all of our...

November 07, 2018

The Household in Ancient Israel

This blog and the next are brief word studies on the family in Ancient Israel.[1] ...

November 02, 2018

Eugene Peterson & The Message

There are times when an event marks a significant change in the household of God,...

October 2018

October 30, 2018

Participating in God’s Will

Sometimes we find ourselves doing busywork in the Kingdom of God, active in our congregations,...

October 27, 2018

The Regeneration of the Soul

I always feel that it is too artificial to try to dissect the human person,...

October 24, 2018

Killing vs. Counteracting Sin: Meditation and Other Practices

We're in a series on a specific type of sin in our day and age...

October 18, 2018

On the Mystery of Spirit and Salvation

I tentatively continue on the makeup of man, from some previous seminary research.[1] Ancient Israel...

October 16, 2018

The Deadly Sin of Acedia

Scripture and leaders in the Early Church speak of deadly vices or sins. We would...

October 12, 2018

The Image, the Body, and Renewal

What can we glean from the Creation accounts about the body? Does the Word of...