Paul's hardships are well known – he lived his life as an ambassador for Christ as a walking dead man. But while some of his fellow Christians thought this made him a failure, he insists in 2 Corinthians that his weakness and impending death made him look...
While the Bible insists that those who deny the reality of God are fools, this in no way means such skeptics are unintelligent. The biblical idea of “fool” and “foolishness” has less to do with brain power and more to do with an unwillingness to conform to reality:...
In some mythologies there are places that are “thin”: spots where the divine is really close to the experienced word. Moderns Westerners, of course, believe all places are “thick”: essentially closed off to the transcendent world. But at the Transfiguration Jesus...
Sunday, February 25, 2024 All youth who will be between the ages of 13-20 on July 15, 2025 are invited to a brief informational meeting right after worship on February 25th to learn more about the next Youth Gathering in New Orleans, LA. We will meet in the sanctuary...
Paul believes that in Christ he has been made free from all human control, but instead of exercising that right to serve himself he gives that freedom away in order to preach the gospel free of charge. This call to living in Christian freedom for the sake of serving...
Islam and Christianity share a lot in common: they’re both Abrahamic religions – tracing their heritage back to God’s call of Abraham and the promises God made to his offspring, they both insist that polytheism is wrong and that there’s only one true God, they...
The commonly held view in the West that freedom and knowledge are the most important values leads to the running over of church members who disagree about issues not commanded or forbidden by God, but for Paul, the goal of the Christian life is not head knowledge or...
What does the word Gospel mean? This question is connected to the related question, "Why did Jesus live?" Many Christians think they know why Jesus died, but have a hard time understanding the importance of all Jesus' actions and teachings between his...
When it comes to current events Christians too frequently fall into one of the twin ditches of either allowing themselves to become spokespeople for one of the approved cultural positions (usually either “conservative” or “liberal”) or withdrawing from the world in...
In 1 Corinthians 6 Paul argues against the misguided notion that Christians can do what they want with their bodies since they have the Holy Spirit. This error, Paul says, misunderstands the meaning of the resurrection of Jesus: since Jesus' body rose from the...
