The Immortality Key: A Bridge To Get Me On My Journey
The Immortality Key was one of those books that came to my attention in just the right way, and I had to investigate. Since getting sober, it has been a…
10 Golden Calves of the American Evangelical Church: Deconstructing Old Idols & Altars
*TRIGGER WARNING: Swings are made. Even if disagreed with, even if it’s a bit off-based, that’s fine. The questions that arise from this is what matters. “The church has lost…
Witchcraft, Pharmakeia, & the Christian: Let’s Calm Down This Halloween
A growing paranoia among Christians today centers on witchcraft—and it’s not new. We’ve been here before. Ancient Romans feared witchcraft and “foreign” influences on their virtue and honor, just as…
You Already Have Everything – An Addict’s Reflection on 2 Peter 1:3-10
2 Peter 1:3-10 is a passage that smacked me in rehab three years ago. It’s one of those where the writer of Scripture lays out a big picture, offering a…
Blinded by Planks: How We Hide Heaven Behind Judgement
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your…
The Good Samaritan: A Updated Reimagining
Based On Luke 10:25-37 ESV And behold, a seminary professor stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What…
“Do Not Let Your Left Hand Know…” – Secret Acts and Public Faith
Jesus still goes a bit further with "Do not let your left hand know what your right is doing." At least, my brain thinks he did. Of the other measures Jesus called you and me to take to ensure that we don't mess it up, this one is pretty messed up and borderline impossible.To do this, literally, you have to ensure that all the thoughts and thinking involved in moving your right hand don't even cross to the other side of your brain. Our brains have two hemispheres, and each hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body. These hemispheres are bridged through the corpus callosum, lobes, brainstem, cerebellum, and others.
Agapology: The Theological Absence of Love
Over a decade ago, while serving as a youth pastor in Eastern Montana, I read Greg Boyd’s The Myth of A Christian Nation. Boyd pointed out a striking irony: despite…
Leaving Our Fathers & Mothers: A Dilemma of Fear and Faith
At the end of Genesis 2, right before the shrewd serpent enters the next chapter, it states, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast…
