Living in Haiti for the past ten years has really forced me to develop a clear theology of suffering. With pervasive poverty on a daily basis, the 2010 earthquake that took the lives of nearly 200,000 people, and the long list if human injustices...
It’s important that we read the Bible on its own terms. If the Bible says about itself that it is inspired by God (2 Tim 3:16), then, by faith, we believe that it is. Being the inspired Word of God means that it was “God breathed”, a metaphor...
This is the time of year that people start setting goals, gearing up for their best, and get ready for hard work and unprecedented discipline. We’re heading into a new year with a chance to “do it better” this year. The old year is gone and all the...
We always need to be ready. There is no time to lose. There is no room for negligence. Are you ready? There is an interesting little story in the Bible that Jesus tells about ten bridesmaids. Not a lot of people know this story, and rather than...
There are many truths of the Bible that are just plain hard to understand. Take the virgin birth as an example. How in the world is that possible? Another example is the Trinity. How is it that God can be One, yet Three? Another still is the Bible’s...
What more could we say about the desert experience? From cover to cover, the Bible tells us stories about the people of God going through the desert. The desert in the life of the believer is a symbol for the time of spiritual growth and testing...
This week I attended a missionary retreat in southern Georgia. During the retreat, the facilitators asked each attendee to share their life story. This is more or less the story of how you arrived at having a personal relationship with Jesus and...
Have you ever noticed that Israel has to go through the wilderness before they can inherit the Promised Land? As the story goes, Israel was delivered from slavery in Egypt, and the way out of Egypt was through the desert. The final destination was...
Last week I wrote about Genesis 1 and the role of memory and history as the foundation that creates a solid footing for growth in Christian maturity. Another feature, or theme of Genesis 1 is separation. In the creation account found in...
The first chapter of the first book of Bible (Genesis 1) records the story of how God created everything. This chapter details for us where we all come from. In fact, the very title of the book, “Genesis”, comes from a Greek word meaning...