There is always a reason not to open a book. There is always an excuse to not pick up a pen and paper, or to open a blank page on our laptop. The weather is too nice. The weather is too bad. There is no time. The timing isn’t right. There is no inspiration. There... Continue Reading →
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find.; knock, and will be opened. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him... Continue Reading →
Never underestimate the power of our preconceived beliefs about what we think must be true. We may claim to be objective and diligently seeking to go wherever the evidence leads, but are we even aware of our presuppositional biases? From what foundation are we really building off of? What beliefs precede our examination of the... Continue Reading →
It is very easy to love ideas. Daydreams about democracy. Fantasies of charity. Imaginations drifting over a world at peace. Meanwhile, we are tyrants at home and work. Our hands are closed fists toward the poor and needy. We are mad at our families, angry at our neighbors, at war with every coworker, and even... Continue Reading →
In our current evangelical climate, the Sabbath has momentum. While it is likely that the dominant interpretation of the Sabbath is still that it has been fulfilled in Jesus Christ, and the literal and physical requirements of the day are no longer binding (cf. Romans 14:5, Colossians 2:16-17), there is certainly a growing movement that... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite scenes in C.S. Lewis’s novel The Great Divorce involves quite the trio: a ghost, a lizard, and an angel. The little red Lizard sits upon the Ghost’s shoulders, perfectly positioned to whisper in his ear. The Ghost, who is living between heaven and hell, still has a chance to enter the... Continue Reading →