The Signs of the Cross (Part 2)
The closest background to our passage is in OT descriptions of “the day of the Lord,” which seem to envisage an obscuration that affects the... Read more
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The Signs of the Cross (Part 1)
Recently, my friend Dr. William Bell did a video on the signs surrounding the Cross. I haven’t listened to the video yet, but I was... Read more
Justin Martyr, Trypho, and the Resurrection
The following quotation is taken from a conversation between Justin Martyr and Trypho that can be found in Dialogue of Justin with Trypho, a Jew... Read more
If I Surrender My Body to Be Burned
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love,... Read more
Convictions & Paradigm Shifts – Podcast
This week, I had the pleasure of appearing on another episode of Exploring Faith, Pursuing Grace. Unfortunately, Kevin Pendergrass could not be with us due... Read more
Disarming Hebrews 10:25 – Required Sunday Assembly?
When I was a toddler, my biological father would pick me up at 12:00 to go to his house until 4:00 on Sundays. Then he... Read more
Doctrine is a Useful Distraction from Living
The whole Bible is for the church the book: we are people of the book. But by shifting the emphasis from an unspecified biblicism to... Read more
Giving and Receiving
Listen to me read How long can you hold your breath? 30, 45, 70 seconds? I used to sit on the couch with a stopwatch... Read more
“All I Need is the Bible”
I read a lot. I read both fiction and nonfiction. I mainly read the latter, but I’ll sink into some Tolkien or King occasionally. Typically,... Read more
The Patron Saint of Amateur-Radio Operators
One of the first people to make me doubt my long-held convictions that I was the only one going to Heaven was Ms. Angie Lazarus.... Read more