What does Peter mean when he says that God granted us the knowledge of all things…through the knowledge of Him who called us? Dr. Mason says it straight: this is Good News!
Anxiety, at its simplest, is an inner turmoil or continued fretting and unease about an imminent event or an uncertain future. Yet anxiety is anything but ‘simple’. Despite that it’s irrational, we try to analyze it. Despite that it doesn’t solve problems, we go over the perceived problem again and again and...
Judas. Liar. Turncoat. Benedict Arnold. The betrayer of our Lord. A name packed with so much shame, judgment, fear, evil and horror that we reserve it for the most devious and damaging people we know. From the moment the silver left the hands of the Pharisees, modern society has chosen the depiction of him: Oily, … Continue...
Names mean a great deal to God – they tell His story, Adam who is dust, Eve who is the mother of all the living, Noah who offers rest. You could tell the story of salvation with names alone. Case in point: David, Bathsheba, and Solomon. Not exactly the crowning moment of God. Or is … Continue reading Question of the Day:...
The “95 Theses” were written in 1517 by a German priest and professor of theology named Martin Luther. His revolutionary ideas served as the catalyst for the eventual breaking away from the Catholic Church and were later instrumental in forming the movement known as the Protestant Reformation. Luther wrote his radical...
In case you didn’t catch her name in the video, it’s Immaculée Ilibagiza, and she’s one of very few survivors from the 1994 Rwandan holocaust. I could write pages and pages about this woman, her courage, her faith, her resilience, but I wouldn’t do her justice. Just read her first book, Left to Tell. I …...
“One whole stick of butter, because you deserve it.” –Ree Drummond Mmmmm….. a whole stick of butter. Just one of the yummy ingredients you’ll find in a recipe for a sumptuous chocolate lava cake that Ree Drummond, AKA The Pioneer Woman, lovingly whips up for her family on her cooking show. And I agree with...
The eBible staff is made up of Baptists and Presbyterians, non-denominational, a Roman Catholic contributing writer, and this Lutheran; we worship in different churches with different practices; some of us recite a creed on Sunday mornings; some of us don’t. But here, in this place, we do have a shared creed: we believe this...
I want to tell you about a woman whose view I really admire. No, she’s not dining in a window seat at the top of Seattle’s Space Needle, perusing verdant valleys below from an Alpine peak, or sipping a cappuccino on a balcony above a balmy Italian sea port. Her situation is a far cry … Continue reading Flipping the...
Throughout this series we have been exploring the interpretive journey, but we haven’t really dealt with our final destination. When are you done interpreting the bible?
When compared to other people, we can certainly find ourselves to be good. But when compared to Jesus, that’s another story…
Where do we begin in our quest to understand the bible? The answer is deceptively simple. We begin by reading it. “How” you read your bible, as important as that is, is nonetheless completely outweighed by “if” you read your bible. There is a classic story about the 20th century evangelist D. L. Moody. It is said that a woman...
There is a silly example of inductive reasoning called the duck test. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck…then it’s probably a duck. This is a simple formula indeed. However sometimes we forget to apply the same logic to the bible.
Jesus proclaims “It is finished!” (John 19:30) – and Pastor Jennings knows that Jesus did it. He dealt with sins, and now serves as an advocate with the Father. What a blessed hope that is.
No means of measure can define His limitless love.
Imagine the insight you would gain by having personal and constant access to the author of your favorite book. Because books are written with purpose and intentions, and the author determines both of those, a close relationship with the author provides a degree of knowledge unavailable to outsiders. In understanding the Bible, like...
It takes a village to understand the bible. In our modern individualistic society we would like to think that’s not the case, but it is. To begin with, the bible was not written to you as an individual, but to a community that you are a part of. Consider all of the “one another” commandments of the New Testament. These commandments are...
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. The end to a familiar sing-song nursery rhyme as we join our hands together and ring around the rosie. With some urban legends attributing its origins to the time of the bubonic plague, it is like many inherited fairytales much darker than our games make it. But why ashes? … Continue reading Ring...
Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the scabbard: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? John 18:10-11 In the Gospel … Continue reading Who was Malchus: Why...
When we were sinners – not when we chose God, but before we ever could – Christ died for us. It’s not about our goodness, our works, our righteousness, it’s about God’s love. That’s good news – Christ for you. No need to despair, He’s got it.
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