Picture the scene: Jerusalem is bursting at the seams because it is Passover. Hundreds of thousands, maybe a million or more people, according to Josephus, made the journey to the holy city for a time of remembrance and anticipation. The roads were crowded. Homes were full. And Jesus was standing trial… Ushered into the city […]
What if the Gospel is Better and Bigger Than We Have Believed?
Every now and then, someone comes into our lives and makes us think afresh about something important. They connect the dots in such a way that displays a masterpiece that is full of beauty, consistency, and power. Here’s a question for us to ponder: what if the gospel is better and bigger than we have […]
The Necessary Intersection of Creativity and Theology
God is an artist and the best thing He has created is you. He goes to a blank canvas with no instrument in hand. All He needs is His voice. With every word bursting forth into the blank space, the picture begins to take shape. It’s 4-dimensional, it’s living, it’s breathing, it’s here and now. Look around. […]
God is Unchanging and It Matters Greatly
The change in your life is quickly killing you. It’s killing your ability to trust in anything or anyone. You don’t look as you did ten years ago. You don’t think as you did five minutes ago. Your understanding is ever-expanding or it is diminishing – it isn’t staying the same… Change. It’s quickly killing […]
A Fire Sale of Heavenly Proportions
I must admit: one of my favorite movies is Live Free or Die Hard with Bruce Willis and Justin Long. It’s a combination of action and nerd. It’s perfect. In the movie a terrorist group begins executing a fire sale. Long’s character (a hacker who was being picked up as a suspect for the fire sale) explains […]
This Baffles Me About the Church
So, about the Church… When I first began interacting with her, it was at a large Assemblies of God congregation in my hometown of Fort Wayne, IN. I saw the work of God in a couple close to me and I asked them if I could go to church with them! I was drawn to what […]