• No Greater Love

    No Greater Love

    “Love is something sterner and more splendid than mere kindness. “ C. S. Lewis The Problem of Pain (1940) God’s word must be our standard for all things, and this tells us the love pushed by our culture is no love at all. The culture we live in preaches love does not challenge, has no boundaries, and Read more

  • The Walls Of Jericho

    The Walls Of Jericho

    At the walls of Jericho  They proudly stood firm The mass of Israel did their fears confirm Yet they stood guarding their city and its whorings Awaiting the wrath that God was storing At the walls of Jericho They stood atop their fortification Standing in their fornication Opposed those whom God had blessed The God Read more

  • The Diaconate: The Arm of Social Welfare

    The Diaconate: The Arm of Social Welfare

    The bible is often treated as giving us ideas but not detail, like love your neighbor or help the poor, but not how. God has not left us alone to guess, so let me take a second to show you what social program the bible actually prescribes to these ends. Acts 4, 5 and 6 Read more

  • On heaven’s Eternal Shore

    On heaven’s Eternal Shore

    On heaven’s eternal shore Sailing over life’s tumultuous waters Riding on the oceans roar Through roaring storms tearing my sails to tatters I see in the distance a golden coast On the coast stands a tall three cornered post Coming to it I come ashore Setting it on the sand I lay down my oar Read more

  • Christ and Culture

    Christ and Culture

    Reposted from previous blog on 6/29/2016 While we struggle to make sense of how to live out our faith there are really only five positions you will see regarding Christ and culture. 1.      Christ in culture (transformer of culture)a.       Focus is on influencing not engineering.  Christians endeavor to convert and redeem all man’s cultural life for the Read more

  • The Living One: 9/11 In Light of Christ

    The Living One: 9/11 In Light of Christ

    Revelation 1:17-1817 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.” Everybody Read more