The Bible goes to great lengths to speak against the kind of hypocritical and legalistic abuses that are the cause of so much undue suffering. Consequently, Christians who are truly dedicated to the teachings of the Bible will be the stalwart enemies of religious abuse and never its proponents.
Read MoreWhile so many of us claim to want our lives to be filled with adventure, the word we’re using and the reality of our experiences could hardly be more different. In some ways, for many of us adventure becomes not just a preference but a need within us crying out to be fulfilled. We perceive that a life without it wouldn’t be a life worth living. And while that may or may not actually be the case, the fact remains that what many of us conceive of as adventure is in reality anything but.
Read MoreHow exactly do you address the new normal? How do you capture, in something as limited as language, just how immensely one person can radically alter your entire life? How do you properly contextualize not only a new living soul, but one that will be connected to you for every second of the rest of your life?
I guess by saying welcome, son.
Read MoreThe Bible, divinely conceived, concocted, and compiled, turns out to be not merely divine, but also profoundly, honestly, and unabashedly human. It does not shirk away from the brutality that is mortal life, broken by sin and so often defined by pain. It is honest both about our current reality and our desperate need for God in the midst of it.
Read MoreFor ourselves, when our moment comes, when all has passed away, when we are at our end, all that will matter is if we can answer "yes" to one question: are we saints?
That success story lasts an eternity.
Read More