Who Creates Hell?
I am simply thinking out loud in response to the above question because I haven’t a clue. I know that “[i]n the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” But who created hell? I believe that...
View ArticleRethinking Church
I was thinking about churches this morning. I was also thinking about the Kingdom of God. It seems like most things in the Kingdom are “upside down” from the way we generally look at things. At the...
View ArticleAn Inarticulable Irony within the Church
As I read through the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament this past two weeks I could hear the religious voice inside my head repeat the mantra that the book wasn’t “normative” or a basis for...
View ArticlePondering the Questions of a Dear Friend
This post is definitely up for discussion. I’m “pondering” a difficult question. I recently had a conversation with a lovely Christian woman who comes from a broken marriage. She divorced several years...
View ArticleToward Teachability
This morning we had a three-plus hour time of prayer and worship. It involved all the staff and students on the University of the Nations campus. In another lifetime I would have cringed if someone...
View ArticleQuotable
“A tiny group of believers who have the gospel keep mumbling it over and over to themselves.” - K.P. Yohannan As they argue over the trivial, billions around the world never find the freedom, peace,...
View ArticleYancey on Legalism
“[T]he proof of your spiritual maturity is not how ‘pure’ you are but awareness of your impurity. The very awareness opens the door to grace.” “The spiritual games we play, many of which begin with the...
View ArticleGod’s Design for Living
God is. God created and creates. God created you and me. God designed each one of us. God knows exactly how each one of us works. He knows what fuel we need, what fulfills us, and how we can operate at...
View ArticleNature Versus Nature and the Dangers of Too Much Debate
On my run this morning I was listening to a variety of Broadway show songs. The fourth song that popped up was “No One Mourns the Wicked” from Wicked. In the song Glinda, the good witch, after everyone...
View ArticleGod is Good, All the Time
My oldest son, Tanner, and I are studying with a fellow believer and professional actor (Bruce Kuhn) to prepare an entire gospel (in our case, the Gospel of Mark), and present it by memory as though we...
View ArticleTheology Matters But I Wonder How God Defines Theology
From time to time I will hear someone say (or see someone write) this is “why theology matters.” Generally, the person is pointing to an example of someone whom they believe to be a “messed up” or...
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