Does the Christian Left actually exist, or is it an oxymoron like “wise fool” or “jumbo shrimp”? The Christian Left surely exists—it is no oxymoron—and today, I’d like to suggest that it’s a matter of Christian priorities. Understanding the Christian Left benefits the Body of Christ as we embrace a wider theological perspective. Let’s start with […]
Fox News Commentator Kirsten Powers has joined the ranks of Evangelical Christianity. Welcome aboard, my sister! Check out the article here. In the article, it reads, How was I going to tell my family or friends about what had happened? Nobody would understand. I didn’t understand. (It says a lot about the family in which I […]
Controversies between Christians damage Christianity, diminish our influence in the world, waste precious time, and they brand Jesus in a very unbecoming way. This is almost unforgivable. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. If by our actions, we steer people from desiring the only way to their salvation, what have we accomplished? I’m beginning […]
With so many Christians arguing with one another, it’s enough to make you throw up your hands and ask, “Why do Christians insist on devouring each other?” There was recently a conference by John MacArthur called Strange Fire in which Pentecostals and charismatics were being challenged as promoting unbiblical pursuits. For some this was an […]
What’s not to Love about Halloween? Quite a bit actually. Any love affair I ever had with Halloween was short-lived. There’s nothing like having your husband out on business with your only car, a bazillion youths (not small children) showing up at your door with pillow cases and no costumes, having run out of candy […]
I remember when I was a kid, I was watching the movie that came on after Garfield Goose. It was a B movie called “Teenagers from Outer Space.” (OK, I didn’t know the name of it before the miracle of the Internet but it’s considered a prime example of a low budget 1950s sci-fi movie.) I […]
I have a few favorite prayers in the Bible and Solomon’s prayer of dedication of the Temple is one of them. There’s a lovely thread of repentance, love, and forgiveness woven throughout. The trust in God permeating this prayer is an unshakable trust in a covenant-keeping God. As you read through this prayer in 1 […]
For those of us who struggle with saying, “I’m sorry,” for those who have a hard time forgiving, and for those who worry that there is no coming home again after mistakes were made and we were the ones who made them, Jesus tells this amazing story about repentance and forgiveness. Luke 15:11 Jesus continued: “There […]
Some of you may not have liked this topic of abuse. Maybe you have thought it doesn’t apply to you and you’d rather not read about it. Maybe it seems all too familiar and you’d rather forget it. The same principles apply whether we’ve been abused, we know someone who has, or whether we’ve lived […]
For those who have been abused, for their abusers, and indeed for all of us with sins small and great, we have this hope: Jesus Paid it All. He paid for all the sins so repentant sinners can be free to receive His forgiveness. His forgiveness makes it possible for us to be forgiving of […]
