The recent Supreme Court gay marriage decision has caused a flurry of conversation amongst churches, pastors and Christian bloggers, myself included. What I’ve noticed is there are three primary ways Christians are seeing the Bible’s texts about homosexuality: 1. All of the Bible is true, including the texts that forbid homosexual sin. (which has a […]
Part 2 Q&A on how we are to understand the laws of the Old Testament
This is part 2 of the old covenant Q&A asked via text messages following my March 1st sermon: (You can read Part 1 here) Q: Why did the Council at Jerusalem (in Acts 15) choose a few commands from the law that Gentile believers had to follow? Do those laws still apply to us & […]
Bringing 1 Corinthians 11 Head Coverings Back for 2014
I recently preached on a confusing passage of Scripture that most of us skip over in our devotional time: 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 on women wearing head coverings and men not having long hair. It was not a sermon I thought I’d be writing a follow-up blog to, nor was it a passage I would have […]
Despite its oddities, why the Old Testament is still God’s Word to us
After reading a post entitled Why the Old Testament promises and laws don’t apply to us, hopefully your first response is, “Well, what is the point of the Old Testament then? Is it even God’s Word? Why is it even in the Bible?” The New Testament gives succinct and clear answers to these questions in […]
Problems with the Protestant Reformation
This is a follow-up post to a question I asked last week, Is the Bible like Candy? The Protestant Reformation is the historical event that Protestants look back on with celebration and where we draw many of our theological distinctives from. One of the biggest achievements of the Reformation which caused a huge shift within […]
Is the Bible like Candy?
In churches, we hand out Bibles like candy. If you are interested in seeking God or you are a brand new Christian, you will be handed a Bible, told to read it, and you will begin to grow in your faith as a result. So a person, with zero knowledge of what the Bible actually […]