One of the unique challenges in Christian theology is the task of speaking about God—a Being who is eternal, infinite, and transcendent—through human language, which is finite, limited, and bound by created experience. This gap between the nature of...
This sermon considers sacramental theology and how Holy Communion not only sustains the life of the church, but is the fuel for the mission of the church to proclaim Jesus in word and deed.
This is an excerpt from a forthcoming book on the Holy Spirit. In this post I said that the Bible is the foundational authoritative source for right thinking about God. In this post, we will look at the consensual tradition of the church represented...
other believers. In Paul's language, people become members of God's family when they become Christians. We must keep in mind that when we become members of God's family that it is a family that sends. There is not a single member of the family of...
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Six points to sharing your faith. Watch the sermon here.
The Bible is adamant that we not make idols (images or representations of God). The holiness of God is what’s behind the Bible’s strong prohibition against making idols.[1] God is so completely other than (i.e., “holy”) the creation that...
Hi all! Friday, July 23–Wednesday, July 28 I’ll be preaching at South Union Camp Meeting in Ackerman, MS. You can find the schedule here. Come if you can!
June 6–8 I’ll be speaking at First Wesleyan Church of Bridgeton, NJ on the topic of spiritual warfare. Sessions will be 6PM starting Sunday night aside from the regular Sunday morning worship service in which I’ll be preaching as well...
Psalm 15 is a temple entrance liturgy. It begins with the twofold question, “O, Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?” This is an important question. In other words, the psalmist is asking, “What kind of person is...