We're currently going through Ephesians at my church, and we have just crossed the halfway mark of the book. This seemed to me like a great place to have a think about the structure of Ephesians, because embedded within it is a great lesson about how the Christian should view the relationship between theology (or… Continue reading Theology and Life – Connecting the Dots
Category: Faith & Life
Our True Father
Last Sunday I preached on Ephesians 3:14-21, an eye-opening passage that gives us a window into Paul's prayer for the Ephesians (you can listen to the sermon here). There is one really important phrase in the passage that I didn't have time to look at: "For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every… Continue reading Our True Father
Why Christians Don’t Tithe
What does the Bible really say about money and giving? You often hear the words 'tithe' or 'tithing' thrown around when Christians talk about their giving, but this kind of language often betrays a fundamental misunderstanding about what the Bible actually teaches about how we should treat our money. The logic usually goes something like this:… Continue reading Why Christians Don’t Tithe
What will we do in Heaven?
Heaven is a bit of a mysterious thing. We're told Christians will be spending the rest of eternity there – that's a lot of time. So, naturally, people want to know what it's going to be like. How are we going to spend our time for those unending billions of years?You often hear questions like… Continue reading What will we do in Heaven?
God’s Amazing Grace
Last Sunday I preached my first sermon since graduating Bible College, on Ephesians 2:1-10. It is an amazing passage about God's grace, and there are a lot of deep truths in those ten short verses, so it was hard to keep the sermon down to 20 minutes. For this post, I want to dig just a… Continue reading God’s Amazing Grace
The Prince of the Power of the Air
I'm preparing a sermon for this Sunday on Ephesians 2:1-10. It's a great passage, and mostly it's fairly straightforward, but there's one phrase that's is a bit confusing. Check it out: "And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the… Continue reading The Prince of the Power of the Air
Miracles
I was inspired to write this post because of discussions that I've recently had with a new blogosphere friend. The subject of miracles came up, and I had some thoughts about it that I wanted to put down. What are we to do with the miracles that we read about in the Bible? Should we believe… Continue reading Miracles
Have we forgotten the mother of Jesus?
A friend of mine recently posted on Facebook lamenting the fact that Protestant Christians completely undervalue Mary, the mother of Jesus. In response, another person (who is a Protestant himself) added that she's not only undervalued, but almost completely forgotten. In addition to all this, just a few months ago a fellow student of mine… Continue reading Have we forgotten the mother of Jesus?
TULIP Poem
I've decided that I might start posting some of my very amateur poetry up on my blog. First, just a disclaimer, my poetry is very, very amateur. I've only really written one poem, actually. And besides that, I don't intend to be writing a lot of poetry, so I don't know how much will end… Continue reading TULIP Poem
Nature – God Revealed?
There is a basic idea behind this post: God is revealed through nature. Or, put differently, we could say that the universe tells us something about the One who made it. This statement would be very familiar for most Christians, but it (or a slight variation of it) would also find acceptance amongst a much… Continue reading Nature – God Revealed?