“Wars are essentially, and often quite specifically, tribalism. Genocides are tribalism – wipe out the other group to keep our group safe – taken to madness. Racism and other ism’s that lets us feel that our tribe is better than theirs.” Anonymous Having given you that, I want to
Category: Theology
The following is a transcript of a message I recently gave at the funeral of a brother in Christ who took his own life. The following has been edited to make it more applicable to the painful situations in your life where asking the right question and having the right
As Christ followers what is to be our response to culture? Should we embrace every cultural trend, resist every cultural trend or simply ignore the noise of society? I don’t think there’s a direct answer to these questions. I think the trend of society toward greater sensitivity to race, gender
Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure. 1 John 3:3 (NIV) For the last month, I have been studying the correlation between believing and behaving. In other words, does the resurrection of Christ from the dead and the hope of our subsequent eternal
Leviticus 5:4 If anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil, even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt … Guilt is not merely a function of the emotion but a legal standing before God. This should