Agur
We’re told nothing about the prophet Agur except the names of his father and a couple of his disciples. Everything else we…
Change your mind…change you!
Is your mind the same thing as your brain? Well, your brain is an organ; your mind isn’t. Which sounds crazy, but…
Relationship or religion?
Following Christ should be deleted from the list of world religions, because it’s not a religion. Following Jesus cannot be defined by…
Christian or Christ-follower?
I avoid the word “Christian” when talking about the church, because the word has become meaningless. According to the Pew Research Center,…
Self-Help?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”2468″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The gospel is not self-help! God is not even remotely into self-help. If we had the power to help…
The Tree of Knowledge is still alive, tempting . . . and deadly
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— Little we see in…
The not-so-distant future
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”2461″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]God has gathered the “nations” to fight against us for many years. If we are still standing today, we…
Some thoughts about prayer
I’ve said before that prayer does not make you a Christ-follower. But, if you are a Christ-follower, prayer makes you an increasingly…
Clearing up a sticking point
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”2458″ img_size=”full”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]1 Kings 22 overflows with prophets—400 of Ahab’s prophets, Micaiah, and of course, Jeremiah, the author of the book. It…
