Something I’m not used to in American mainstream Christianity is all the topical sermons. In all the churches that I’ve visited in the past few weeks the sermons have almost ALWAYS centered on a topic (10 Steps to a Healthy Marriage...
I had a great chat today with a friend. The conversation started with my asking about the four months that he spent in Indonesia. He said that if he had to describe his experience in one word it would be, “humbling”. “I went there...
God is not only concerned with redeeming the spiritual; he’s concerned with redeeming all of his creation, including physical dimensions. God continually makes earth a dwelling place not only for his people, but for himself to share with his people...
In this post I talked about God’s presence being mobile. I touched on the fact that Israel believed that their expulsion from the Promised Land meant their expulsion from God’s presence as well. The vision of Ezekiel, however, made it...
Not many Christians can boast of having visions like Ezekiel’s. Even most of the heroes of the Bible themselves did not have the privilege of seeing the sorts of things that Ezekiel saw. It is usually in apocalyptic literature that we find...
Christian ministers spend hundreds of hours learning how to properly interpret the Bible. After all, the Bible is a very challenging book! But are all those hours of learning really necessary in light of the doctrine of the Clarity of Scripture...
I will be traveling from Haiti to the US all day today with my family. Thanks for your prayers. I’ll be posting again once things get settled.
Thanks
Matt
There he hung, dead on a cross for all to see. But he was the one they were waiting for…they waited so long. He was supposed to lead Israel in the great rebellion. He was suppose to make Rome look weak. He was supposed to replace Herod as the...
What Is Holiness? With Dr. John Oswalt (my friend and theological mentor).
Take time to watch this video in which N.T. Wright brings together the Kingdom and Cross.