By Faith, Not By Works
Generations of evangelical Christians have been eagerly taught that their salvation is a gift from God. By placing their faith in the sacrificial death of Jesus upon the cross, they…
Carbon, Carbon Everywhere
We learned last week that levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) have risen steadily from 280 ppm in 1750 - before the industrial revolution - to 419 ppm in 2021.…
Apocalypse Now
One of the most prevalent features of modern life is the constant warnings about the impact humans have on our environment. Over and over, we're bombarded by dire predictions of…
The Story or the Truth?
Were it not for the arrival of the Covid 19 pandemic, 2020 would have been the year of George Floyd. On the evening of May 25th in Minneapolis, MN, Mr.…
Why Does It Matter?
We began this series ten blogs ago by looking at the typical understanding of the gospel within the evangelical world: 1) Our sin has separated us from a holy and…
The Great Reversal in the Divine Court
On the day before Easter, precisely no one thought Jesus was the Messiah. Even his closest followers like Peter, who had previously declared Jesus to be Israel's anointed king, surely…
Failure and Exile, Yet Hope for Redemption
In this blog series we have set out to examine the nature of the term gospel. But in order to fully understand the gospel, we've had to work very hard…
Abraham, Israel, and Covenant Blessing
In the last blog, we set out to examine the gospel, and I had proposed that the typical understanding of the gospel in most evangelical circles is too small. As…
Why Seek the Living Among the Dead?
Luke 24:1-7 "The women went to the tomb in the very early morning of the first day of the week, carrying the spices they had prepared. They found the stone…