Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: In this year’s state of the church, our focus is going to be on local concerns. This varies from year-to-year, depending on what’s going on in the nation and what is going on here. And based on what is going on here in Moscow—and I am referring to the enormous growth—we need to take …
“When ministries go astray, it is very common for the problem to be located in one of three areas: glory, gold, and girls. And because sins are like grapes—they come in bunches—it is not unusual to find some ministries that shipwreck because of all three.”
Mines of Difficulty, p. 17
Not Much Today . . . It’s Christmas, People: A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: And There You Have It: Featured Product: A Brief Theology of Christmas Presents:We are heading into another Christmas season, and it appears to be a time when the Grinches and naysayers and fussers appear to have the upper …
After our first father was fashioned from the dust of the ground, and the breath of life was breathed into him, the Lord God saw that the situation was still not satisfactory. We had a world now, and ...
What Child is this, now laid to rest,Within a rustic stall?We hail the Sun of righteousness,A gift of God, forever blest,To gain his everlasting Hall. This little town of Bethlehem,Obscured in ...
So here is some festive doggerel I wrote some time ago, and which I periodically post at appropriate times of the year — and now it is the turn of 2025. Have a merry Christmas. Comments are open, but only for those of you who want to say merry Christmas back. ‘Twas the night before …
Letter to the Editor: Wow! What masterful piece! Has Nancy ever seen a tongue of fire above your head as she brings you a cup of tea in your study as you're writing? Jack ...
“Given how the Almighty is going to judge us at the last day, we need to come to grips with the fact that we all know more than we think we do.”
Mines of Difficulty, p. 13
