EYES WIDE OPEN

For some reason, many within the Church think the New Testament represents a positive cuddle-fest. They have been taught a cinematic version of a white European Jesus who seems to levitate across culture never raising His voice or addressing error.  Their...

A CHANGE OF SEASONS

Decals of deception have been placed on people, institutions, and nations. These decals are an attempt to gain our attention and rob us of hope. They divert our focus and prevent us from seeing the deeper redemptive work of God that has been taking place under the...

KEEP IT CLOSE

Growing up, I had a Bible resting on my bedstand. My mom gave it to me. Like most kinds, I can’t remember reading it much, but it was always there. It was a presence. I saw the Bible when I went to sleep and again when I awoke. When I looked up toward the ceiling...

THE UNQUESTIONED COMPLIANCE OF AN UNINFORMED FAITH

When we speak the truth in love many times our words will run contrary to a prepared social or religious narrative. The truth will sound discordant when spoken in the middle of an unquestioning and compliant crowd. That discordant sound was made by Old Testament...

THE GRINDING AWAY OF OUR FAITH

Daniel wrote about kings that would one day arise who would “speak against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be handed over to him for a time, times, and half a time”...