“If being hurt by church causes you to lose faith in God, then your faith was in people not in God.” A few weeks ago this quote was making the rounds on social media. At first, I gave it a… Continue Reading
I’ve always been a bit unsettled by Jesus’ reference to the Canaanite woman as a “dog”. I’ve heard all the explanations given and none of them seemed all that satisfactory, they seemed like an attempt to get around the very… Continue Reading
I’m hesitant to publish this next sentence or two. For the longest time I would be rattled to my core any time I heard of a fellow pastor committing suicide. I think what rattled me was fear that I’d be… Continue Reading
In preparing to preach on Hebrews 8 this Sunday I stumbled upon a quote that floored me. “Many Jewish survivor-victims of camps like Auschwitz and Dachau remembered with bitterness that their jailers celebrated Christmas and Easter.” Guthrie, G. (1998). Hebrews… Continue Reading