Easter Sunday is coming, which has a lot of people thinking about resurrection from the dead. Two Sundays ago, I preached on how Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead after he had been dead (and smelly) for 4 days (John 11). This was the straw that broke the camel’s back for the religious leaders to […]
So the pastor asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
The Bible is a thick book. Always has been. In the first century, an expert in the Old Testament Scriptures asked Jesus to summarize all of the commands in the Bible into the greatest commandment, to slim down that thick book into something easy to remember. Jesus tells him the greatest commandment is to love […]
Gay, Lesbian & Transgender Folks Should Not Get the Trademark on Sexual Disorientation Labels by the Church
There is a trend in our culture where if you are attracted to the same sex, attracted to both sexes, or identify as a different gender than your birth gender, the cultural tide tells you to go with how you feel, be yourself, and live into these feelings and attractions. It can feel like there […]
“What to Do if I Married the Wrong Person?”
If you’re in a dry season of your marriage, you’ve more than likely thought about any number of the following:
Love? Nothing Says Valentine’s Day Like Fifty Shades Darker & the SI Swimsuit Edition
It’s February, which means Valentine’s Day is coming. The season of love. You can tell a lot about a culture by the way it celebrates holidays and in this case, you can tell a lot about what a culture thinks love is. If you asked a person on the street what love is, you would […]
Excerpts from Letter from a Birmingham Jail (to the White Church) by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who are you in this letter? The white clergy opposing Dr. King? The white moderate? The white church sitting idly behind the anesthetizing security of stained-glass windows? The black indifference? The black violent nationalist? The small group of white clergy standing by Dr. King, being ridiculed by white culture because of it? Who do you […]