What grounds human dignity: usefulness, relationship, or something built into us at creation? Post 3 traces Genesis 1 through Forlines and Calvin.
Proper Identification: Why Bearing God’s Image Grounds Human Worth
Not Invented But Received:
Is truth just what culture or power decide, or is it objective and given? Post 2 traces Scripture's answer through Calvin's account of what we can't unknow.
The Rock Whose Way Is Perfect: God as the Source of All Moral Truth
Is something good because God says so, or does God say so because it's good? Post 1 traces that ancient question into Scripture's answer.
Jesus on “Scandal”
What does Jesus mean by "scandal"? While modern culture thinks of scandal as public shame and disgrace, Jesus uses the concept to describe something far more serious: a stumbling block that ensnares people and damages their relationship with God. By examining the Greek word **ฯฮบฮฑฮฝฮดฮฑฮปฮฏฮถฯ (skandalizล)** in Luke 17, Matthew 5, and Matthew 18, this article explores Jesus' teaching on personal holiness, responsibility, temptation, and the serious responsibility Christians have not only to avoid sin themselves but also to avoid becoming stumbling blocks to others.
Our Journey to Starting a Home Church
Our Journey My wife and I were called into the mission field in 2010 and spent the next decade working in the underground Church, which fundamentally reshaped our understanding of God's Kingdom, the mission of the Church, and the nature of Christian community. Then we returned to the United States in 2020 during the pandemic …
The Authority of Scripture
Authority matters. The question of "authority" has divided the Church, "east against west", "Catholic against Orthodox", and "Protestant against Catholic/Orthodox traditions". So unity will always suffer so long as the question of authority remains ambiguous and unclear. I believe the Protestant reformation re-introduced one central truth that was desperately needed within the Church. And that …
Does the Bible “Speak Plainly”?
This has been a reoccurring conversation I've had with many people over the years. The problem with this idea, when used wrongly, is that it conflates the text itself with our reading of the text, and then treats any challenge as a challenge to Scripture itself. When used this way, the phrase essentially becomes a …
Spiritual Harlotry
We have to pause and think about what's happening right now. I realize that some people are so numb and weary that they're simply ignoring what's happening, while others are outraged and being consumed by rage. And I realize that there are those who are still making excuses for the President's conduct for political purposes, …
Meditations on the Trinity & the New Creation
We believe that the Father is the unbegotten source of the Godhead. We believe that the Son is begotten of the Father, deriving his existence from the Father by generation. And we believe that the Spirit is proceeding from the Father, deriving his existence from the Father by procession. This is expresses the essential Nicene …
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Being Slow to Speak in a World That Wonโt Stop Talking
How should Christians navigate the endless stream of social media posts that try to provoke our responses? Let's think through how Christians should engage in social media.
