Concerning the Next Four Years
This past Saturday, I was driving to work at REI when up ahead I saw flashing red and blue lights and several police cars. As I got closer I discovered that they were moderating traffic for a “Hands Off” protest...
Every Book of the Bible Summed Up in a Single Sentence
Saw a discussion on Reddit. It said to summarize a book of the Bible in one sentence, I did a few and just kept going… Enjoy! – Genesis: It goes off the rails real quick. Exodus: Let my people go....
Restore – Orbit Back/Circle Back/Return to Original Stasis
The early Church was utterly romanced by the Good News that in Christ God’s primary goals were the restoration, reconciliation, renewal, redemption, repair, recovery, and rescue of all. For our sake and the current moment, the word “restore” can be...
Integrate – Pull Together/Gather Up
One rainy day I was thinking about the word “integrity.” I had just finished reading something about some ancient Christian hermit or desert dweller and their inspiring integrity. Someone already defined integrity for me as, “when you act the same...
Τέλος (Telos) – Perfect/Mature/End/Goal/Purpose
“Therefore, be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48) Jesus says this rather early in the Sermon on the Mount. The Greek word used for “perfect” is τελειοι (teleioi) and is a derivative of τελος (telos). Telos is...
Περισσεύω (Perisseuo) – Abundant/Overflowing
In John 10:10 Jesus says, “The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they might have life and have it to the full.” When some translations of the Scripture say, “Have it to the full,” I take...
Μετανοεω (Metanoeo) – Change Your Mind/Reconsider
A static mindset is not a Christian mindset. A static mindset says, “Nothing can change or should change.” However, to be a Christian means always being open to changing one’s mind about things. Not necessarily because our views could...
The Violence of Turning a Blind Eye
Christianity Today recently wrote an article about Pastor John MacArthur, highlighting a history of dismissing accusations and requests to investigate potential abuse. You can read about it here. Rather than to investigate and to take these accusations as potentially of...
On the Prophetic Tradition and “Being Woke”
The Culture Wars will always be a thing, won’t they? Especially since we are all looking at the same world through different lenses or from different vantage points. We all might be using the same lingo but mean different things...
On Faith and Nuclear War
I never thought I might write that title. However, here we are. And there is the highest threat level of nuclear war in the past 60 years. Or so I hear. I have no way of qualifying that statement. This...