• Praise and Thanksgiving

    Praise and Thanksgiving

    Psalm 100:4“Enter his gates with thanksgiving,    and his courts with praise!    Give thanks to him; bless his name! We are made to worship and give thanks. In our culture, we say we don’t need to worship, and may begrudgingly admit we should be thankful. But we all worship something, apart from God they are idols. But both praise and… Read more

  • Israel

    Israel

    There are times and moments in history, where the importance of your eschatology or other points of theology become especially pointed. Of late there has been serious questioning in the church around the identity of God’s people. In no small way this is due to the situation in the middle east (Samuel Sey does excellent… Read more

  • Favoritism: Categories of (Biblical) Justice

    Favoritism: Categories of (Biblical) Justice

    Often, we take categories from our culture before scripture, rather than building upon what scripture sufficiently gives us. In this article I want to tell you about the scriptural category of partiality. Exodus 23:1-3““You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. 2 You shall not… Read more

  • The Mountains of Kandahar: Part 1 Heavy Cargo

    The Mountains of Kandahar: Part 1 Heavy Cargo

    The large C-17 cargo plane opened its doors.  The Ohio sun was a welcoming piece of home to the crew as it filtered into the bay, shedding light on the large piece of cargo at the end of the cargo hold. The crew made their way over to remove the netting that held their enormous… Read more

  • A Garden in the Desert Blooms

    A Garden in the Desert Blooms

    A garden in the desert blooms Woven as at a creators loom Blossoming in fields of green Flowing with every color seen The end of ceaseless toil In newly ripened soil New life comes to land Once of barren lifeless sand Dry river beds in barren waste Now confluence of living water For budding life… Read more

  • Jesus and Isa: Jesus in Islam and Christianity

    Jesus and Isa: Jesus in Islam and Christianity

    The character of Jesus is central to Christianity and claimed also by the Islamic religion.  For Christians Jesus is the triune God incarnate, the coeternal logos.  For Muslims he is a great prophet with the power of healing and resurrection of the dead[1].  Whatever the similarities Jesus appears fundamentally different between the two religions.  Since… Read more