Originally posted on Kingdoms Collide:
The first to speak in court sounds right until the cross-examination begins. (Proverbs 18:17) Every now and then I am referred to videos like the one shown below. These are videos where Christians (or Muslim plants pretending to be Christian) ask a simple question and then a Muslim Scholar will get…
What makes me tick? What are you passionate about? What do we do when these things seem like polar opposites?
Read: Esther 4:1-7:10, 1 Corinthians 12:1-26, Psalm 36:1-12, Proverbs 21:21-22 But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. (1 Corinthians 12:18) Relate: I love to write. I love history and theology. I get passionate about issues of social justice, especially ending human slavery. I am a sports fan,…
What price tag do I place on my integrity?
We are running around making ourselves outcasts in our attempts to change a culture we do not understand when we should be students of that culture seeking out redemptive analogies, common ground, we can find to point people to Christ.
I serve a God who has called each star by name. He stretches them out like a curtain and not only created them but continually holds them together.
What will it look like when it comes? What will it take to bring it?
At that time the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem. They prophesied in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jehozadak responded by starting again to rebuild the Temple of God in Jerusalem. And the…
The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. (Psalm 28:7) Read: Ezra 3:1-4:23, 1 Corinthians 2:6-3:4, Psalm 28:1-9, Proverbs 20:24-25 Relate: “Do you trust me?” That is the question Aladdin asks Jasmine when he holds out his hands and…
Who wrote Isaiah? The answer to this question at first glance is obvious: Isaiah did. Well then, I have an immediate follow up…
THE RIVER WALK 