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The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel – which means, ‘God with us.’ -Matthew 1:23 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen…Read More→
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I’ve been reflecting again lately on the need for our faith in Christ to be the central and defining theme in our lives. So very often, faith can be very easily pushed to the margins. When this happens, faith becomes…Read More→
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What does it mean to follow Jesus? What does following Jesus look like? Following Jesus, regardless of when and where you live, will always look the same because it is based in God’s demonstration of love witnessed most powerfully in…Read More→
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Sometimes, in order to learn about something, we have to (un)learn some or all of the things we thought we knew about that something along the way. In our pursuit of Jesus, sometimes we have to (un)learn what we thought…Read More→
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The more time I spend reflecting on my own spiritual journey, particularly as it relates to changes I’ve experienced in my beliefs and practices, the more I’ve come to realize that while many factors have contributed to these changes, much…Read More→
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The trumpet sound that will herald the return of Christ will not initiate our leaving the earth, but will signal God coming to finish what he started upon the earth. Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 that Jesus’s followers will…Read More→
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For much of his adult life my father was a carpenter by trade. I never really cared much for carpentry myself, but what always amazed me about my dad was his ability to see the completion of a project long…Read More→
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I have never been a fan of the kind of Christian spirituality that treats its primary story source, the Bible, as a kind of piecemeal diet. A nibble here, a nibble there. A verse here, a verse there. Add in…Read More→
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Many Christians hold to a doctrine of scripture that sees only the divine side of the documents, while significantly downplaying the human dimension. Others believe they were divinely dictated, leaving the writers to simply record what they were verbally given….Read More→
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My theological journey has less to do with changes made to specific theological categories, though such changes have occurred, and more to do with the posture, mood, and style in which I engage in the theological task. In the past,…Read More→