Holiness & Righteousness – A Dedicated Faith

July 15, 2026

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 **σκανδαλίζω (skandalizō)** 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.

June 9, 2025June 8, 2025

Justice, Mercy, and Faithfulness Neglected: Words of Jesus We Still Don’t Hear

We’re proud of our traditions, our tithes, and our missions—but Jesus warns that if we neglect justice, mercy, and faithfulness, we’ve missed the weightier matters of the law. In a world where theology can become an excuse for cold religion, we must recover God’s heart. He isn’t impressed with our outward piety if it comes at the expense of love.

June 7, 2025

Loyalties Neglected: Words of Jesus We Still Don’t Hear

Jesus didn’t say you shouldn't serve God and money. He said you can't. Yet, many churches attempt to balance allegiance to both — redefining faithfulness in economic terms. In doing so, we sound far more like the Pharisees than Jesus.

May 29, 2025May 28, 2025

Service Neglected: The Words of Jesus That We Still Don’t Hear

Jesus doesn’t separate faith from compassion. In Matthew 25:40, he says our treatment of the hungry, the stranger, and the prisoner is how we treat him. Many Christians today dismiss care for the vulnerable as optional. But Jesus makes it central. It’s time to recover the gospel's forgotten mercy.

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

Mercy Neglected: The Words of Jesus That We Still Don’t Hear

Many Christians admire boldness more than mercy. But Jesus says the merciful—not just the correct—are the blessed ones. In an age of outrage and theological pride, mercy isn’t optional. It’s the mark of those who’ve received God’s heart. We must return to Jesus’ vision: truth expressed through compassion and grace.

May 15, 2025

Can Christians Follow Jesus and Still Struggle with their Old Habits?

Are you seeking holiness but continuing to struggle with old habits? This post helps you understand the battles we fight as Christians.

July 11, 2023

Divorce: Mark 10:1-16

Can Christians divorce and remarry? Let's look at Jesus' teaching from Mark 10:1-16 to understand how Jesus brings such a painful question as divorce into his vision of the restoration of all things.

February 2, 2023

Be Holy

As Christianity surges in persecuted nations abroad, what holds back revival in the Western Church?

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022

Applauding Sin

Is Twitter better or worse after Elon Musk's takeover? Is freedom an objective good? Should we celebrate the right to sin? I want to push back against certain conservative narratives and challenge Christians to conform their thinking to God's word rather than to the various political narratives of either the "left" or "right".

June 17, 2022

A (Negative) Christian Review of “Terror On The Prairie”

I just finished watching / listening to (most of) Daily Wire's "Terror on the Prairie". So I want to do a movie-review, even though that's not what this page is primarily about, because I think this movie raises several issues that Christians need to think through. So, in this review, I'm going to engage with what I think are the main spiritual issues that need our consideration.