I love the church. Or, at least I love the idea of church. A gathering of like-minded individuals joining together in worship is a good thing whenever it takes place. But I really struggle with how we do church in America. I am struggling to … [Continue reading]
The prophet Jeremiah was called by God to provide object lessons to the Nation of Israel to confront them on their rebellion. In Chapter 27 of the book that bears his name, we find that Jeremiah was to make a wooden yoke and put it around his neck as … [Continue reading]
In the last few weeks, I heard news stories indicating that two well known and highly visible Christian figures have announced that they have in some measure walked away from their faith in Christ. That anyone would walk away saddens me and has … [Continue reading]
I have recently begun to understand that there have been times in my life when I pretended that I was displaying grace, but it was not grace. It was cowardice masquerading as grace. There are times when the lone, contrary voice needed to be heard … [Continue reading]
