One of my all time favorite movies is The Princess Bride, which is listed as an adventure comedy. One of the sub plots in the movie concerns Inigo Montoya who has spent his life in pursuit of revenge on the man who killed his father. When … [Continue reading]
We Don’t Need Apologetics, We Just Need to ‘Experience’ Jesus
This is a guest post by Greg West, the curator of a helpful apologetics web site called The Poached Egg. “We don’t need apologetics, we just need to ‘experience’ Jesus!” Unfortunately, this is something I hear from fellow believers quite often … [Continue reading]
Giving them reason to blaspheme
In Romans 2:24, Paul declares that the name of God was blasphemed among the Gentiles because of the behavior of the Jews. I think that the church in America needs to confess that we have done little better. We need to identify and address the reasons … [Continue reading]
Whose church is it anyway?
In Matthew 16:18, after Peter makes his inspired confession that Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus claims ownership of the church when he says, "upon this rock, I will build my church." In Greek, the order of the words can allow for emphasis to be put … [Continue reading]
