In 1 Cor 3: 1-4, Paul chastises the Corinthian Church and calls them spiritual infants. He says he would like to address them as adults so they can talk about adult things, but they are still infants in Christ. He does not say they are unbelievers, only they have not…
Idolatry is a lifetime problem for humanity and has been from the very beginning. It would be impossible to read the Old Testament without seeing the volume of times Israel and individuals chase after things they ought not and elevate them to the point of worship and preeminence in their…
We wrapped up another book of the Bible last week and I made an inquiry to my midweek Bible Study students, which book would they like to study next. My goal is to avoid redoing a book the church has done in recent years, so we can over time study…
I would like to say I have long held mixed feelings about Vacation Bible School. The truth is though, I have mostly held bad feelings about the program. No I am not opposed to biblical instruction geared towards youth. No I do not think each youth conversion is a matter…
For quite some time I have questioned the value of all of our inventions and whether they improve life or detract from it. I look around our culture and American society at large and I watch my fellow humans and I just do not see them as better off than…
This morning I read Isaiah 39 in my morning devotional. It continues the story of King Hezekiah. In previous chapters the king was in dire jeopardy of losing his kingdom and his life. God spared Jerusalem and saved the city and while sick and about to die, Hezekiah prayed to…
I am reading an excellent book by the deceased William Barclay, Jesus As They Saw Him: New Testament Interpretations of Jesus. I am a Barclay fanboy even if I do not agree with everything about his theology and some of it I find grossly in error. He was a great…
I am normally pretty glum about the hopes of the United States ever looking like it did when I was a kid again, let alone ever being the ideal location and hub of freedom and liberty it once was, even if only in my mind. Then I have an encounter…