7 Days for 7 Titles — No More Guile & Jacob’s Ladder (John 1:29-2:1)
“The sequence of days in John 1… is a deliberate reconstruction of the creative week of Genesis 1.” — N.T. Wright, (John for Everyone) In the previous post on John, we…
Elijah, Part II — Collapse, Care, & the God Who Meets Prophets in Gutters
“…the quietest means are the mightiest.” — F.D. Maurice Mt. Carmel felt like the pinnacle: fire from heaven, prophets of Baal were slaughtered, people confessed, and the drought ended. However,…
Elijah, Part I: Fire, Authority, & Making A Burnout Prophet (1 Kings 17-18)
Updated: 4/21/2026 The old post is now the first main section of Fire & Mantles: A Peek Behind The Veil of Elijah & Elisha. For new readers, this is a…
Bible in Context: Revelation (Class Audio & Slides)
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A Jewish Origin Story (Genesis 1-2:3)
“Genesis 1 is not a myth of battle and conquest; it is a poem of order and purpose, teaching that humanity’s place is as caretaker, not slave or subject.” —…
What Really Matters: Red Letter Commandments We Missed
“The ‘vampire Christian’ is one who wants a little of Christ’s blood for their sins but doesn’t want any of His life for their life.” — Dallas Willard There’s a…
An Introduction to Sonship: John 1:6-18
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not…
John 1:1-5 — A Jewish Mystic Prologue to a Greco-Roman World
Almost a year ago, we did an introduction to the Gospel of John. It was an attempt to cross off a decade-old New Year’s resolution that turned into writing a…
Every Day Thanksgiving: This Is the Day the Lord Has Made
“The greatest of all illusions is to take things for granted.” — G.K. Chesterton Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday loneliness, family drama, financial burdens, and avoiding political and controversial issues at the…
“Am I Safe?” — From PTSD to Providence in “I AM”
“Once we know that the entire physical world around us, all of creation, is both the hiding place and the revelation place for God, this world becomes home, safe, enchanted,…
