More than once I have been asked for my thoughts on the Asbury revival. In one sentence, I have no doubt already generated controversy by using the term “revival.” I use the term because, based on my own research, I do believe God is working there. We might also note that some of the naysayers…
Throughout my lifetime, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has intensified again and again. As I write this blog, the conflict has intensified again. I have been meaning to write something about it, and a question a friend asked me helped me write down some thoughts concisely. This blog will not be long. Properly validating the points made…
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” -The Apostle…
This post is a post about the gospel of salvation. There is nothing more important for a human being to know that how to begin a relationship with God and be saved from His eternal wrath. I choose to write about this for several reasons. First, it is always good to review the good news….
A homeless college professor sounds like an oxymoron, but it is not as uncommon as you migh think. There are many out there who have masters and doctoral degrees who live in their vehicle and teach adjunct classes at institutions of higher learning. Being a part time professor is something that typically does not bring…
Once again, I don’t know exactly how to approach this blog, but feel I must say something. George Floyd’s murder has, once again, stirred up the dust on our country’s racial tensions. I feel like I must say something about this. For any of my black friends who are hurting, let me freely confess that…
Several years ago, it was fashionable to write online articles that sounded like they were announcing a divorce, but when one read them, it turned out that they were about the opposite. “I’m divorcing selfishness so I can stay married” – that kind of thing. It was then that I first had the idea for…
It seems like every few weeks I see another article about “nineties purity culture.” While there are exceptions, most of the articles come from disgruntled people nearing middle age who feel like this cultural phenomenon ruined their lives. Why don’t we hear more from people who have good things to say about nineties purity culture?…
In the last blog post we discussed some major interpretive pitfalls in interpreting Eph 5:22-33. If you have not already read that post, I highly recommend doing so before beginning this one, as I will assume a lot of the information given there. In this, the last blog post in this series, I will provide…
