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June 2018

June 01, 2018

The Aikido Spirit of God

If you're not familiar with Aikido, it's a style of martial arts that uses an...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

Christ Is Our Authority [Not The Bible]

“When [LGBTQ-affirming Christians] tell me that I am wrong for saying that [homosexuality] is a...

May 30, 2018

Is the Bible Inspired?

What do we mean when we say that something is "inspired"? For example, if...

May 25, 2018

Abortion Is Biblical [But Not Christlike]

As I have tried to point out several times, there is a huge difference between...

May 23, 2018

How the Holy Spirit Leads Us

Over the weekend I spoke at a conference in Seattle, Washington area that focused on...

May 16, 2018

America’s Abomination That Caused Desolations

When the President of the United States, under the leadership of his Dispensationalist Christian Vice...

May 16, 2018

What’s Happening In Israel Isn’t About Jesus

When American Televangelists like John Hagee and Robert Jeffress stand in Jerusalem and proclaim...

May 10, 2018

What Is The Greatest Sin Of All?

Personally, I don't really like focusing too much on sin. Not because I deny that...

May 08, 2018

Debunking the Canonization Preservation Myth

In just a few days, I'll be co-hosting a conference in Seattle, WA with...

May 08, 2018

Was The Gospel Preached In All The World? Yes!

"And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to...

May 03, 2018

The Surprise Wedding of the Lamb

Many Christians today love to say that they stand for the Biblical idea of marriage....

May 02, 2018

My Response To Robert Gagnon

After I posted two articles here critiquing the traditional view of Homosexuality - Why Romans...

April 2018

April 26, 2018

Did Peter Kill Ananias and Sapphira?

You may have heard the excellent podcast conversation between Brad Jersak, Michael Hardin and a...

April 24, 2018

The Abomination of a Close Shave?

In the New Testament scriptures, the Apostle Paul speaks out against a trend that he...

April 23, 2018

Why Romans Doesn’t Condemn Homosexuality

What is Paul really talking about in the first chapter of Romans? Let’s start with...

April 20, 2018

The Ordination of Bread and Wine

In Exodus 29:33, God gives instructions to the priests regarding how the sacrifices are to...

April 19, 2018

What If God Is Not In Control?

Quite often, we comfort ourselves during difficult seasons of our life, with the assurance that...

April 18, 2018

What Makes Our Experiences Real?

A friend asked me a question the other day about whether or not our spiritual...

April 17, 2018

God Will Meet You Now

Now is a holy moment. In fact, now is the holiest moment of all....

April 14, 2018

All I Really Know

Learning to discern the voice of God is challenging, and we don't always get it...

April 11, 2018

Why Doesn’t God Fix It?

Yes, Jesus could turn stones into bread and make sure no one was ever hungry...

April 09, 2018

What’s New? Everything!

An essential element of the Messianic promise is this: Nothing will ever be the same...

April 05, 2018

Love Chapter (Remix)

And now I will show you the most beautiful way: If I build...

April 05, 2018

I Don’t Believe Everything In The Bible (And Neither Do You)

Before you hit “unfollow” or reach for the pitchforks, let me clarify what I mean...

April 02, 2018

This Present Reality

T. Austin Sparks says something in the very beginning of his book "The School of...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

What His Resurrection Means To Me

What does the Resurrection mean to me? It means I will never experience a single...

March 29, 2018

Risen?

We as Christians have an unusual fascination with the death of Jesus. I know that...

March 28, 2018

The Body of Jesus

The body of Jesus was taken down from the cross. It was cold; lifeless; heavy....

March 23, 2018

The Failed Insurrection on Palm Sunday

On the day that the Passover Lamb was traditionally selected, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on...

March 21, 2018

What the Bible Clearly Says

It's one of the most common phrases I think I've ever heard from Christians when...