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The Offensive God

The sacrifice of Isaac is one of the most offensive commands of God to the modern mind. Many enemies of God have pointed to this account to illustrate how the God of the Bible is harsh, evil, and capricious. The fact that the command seems to have...

The Father of our Faith (Messed Up a Lot)

Abraham is considered the father of the Christian faith. Two other major belief systems consider him their father also – Islam and Judaism. So basically more than half the world considers him the father of their faith. But when we read...

Living Bridges

Carla and I love documentaries. Our new favorite is Human Planet by BBC. It showcases how humans live in some of the most extreme environments of the world. One episode showed the people in Meghalaya, India. They live in one of the wettest places on...

Put Courage

This afternoon I got a package in the mail from the Every Nation School of Campus Ministry in Nashville. I taught over twenty men and women, most of whom had made the decision to go into vocational campus ministry in the next season of their life...

Passport Control and Heaven #1

Yesterday, our family arrived back in the United States from Brazil. It’s hard to explain what it’s like for a person from a third world nation (excuse me, developing nation) entering the United States and having to wait in line at...

Guarding by Giving

A few weeks ago, while we were in Bethel Brentwood in Nashville, Pastor Fikri Youssef gave a short but very powerful reminder that I want to share with us today. He started by reading Proverbs 4:23 – Above all else, guard your heart, for...

Christian Tabloids

I posted something on Facebook after seeing a number of recent posts about Bible translations and having a couple of people ask me questions about it. I appreciated those who looked for wisdom when they found something unfamiliar and confusing. But...

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