If you are going to go against the plain reading of Scripture and two thousand years of tradition on the core issues of Christianity, then why bother to claim your religion as Christian? I understand that those who identify more closely with … [Continue reading]
Toward a response to the moral chaos that surrounds us
The church is surrounded by moral chaos and we rightly feel the need to respond. It is this writer's opinion that some of our response is not helpful. Calls for boycott and angry rhetoric about the moral decline seem to escalate the problem rather … [Continue reading]
The LORD and the LORD alone is my shepherd
We need a shepherd Because we live in a fallen world, we have disappointments. Others let us down and we sometimes let others down. It is especially troubling when we are disappointed by leaders. Too often we set them up for failure by having … [Continue reading]
Crowds and compassion
The Crowd Jesus, seeing a crowd of people had compassion on them. Mark sets the scene in the opening verses of Chapter 8: “In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and said to them, … [Continue reading]
