The Cross of Discipleship

The word “Christian” seems to have less and less value these days. The reality is that anyone can call themselves a Christian, but true Christianity is not a title. It is a lifestyle. I am not a Christian on Sunday, and just a customer service rep the rest of the week. Unlike my job title, […]

Two Kingdoms

“Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” This simple phrase is part of one of the most famous prayers in the entire Bible. We call it “The Lord’s Prayer”, but in reality it is a model prayer that the Lord taught his disciples. The reality is that most […]

Social Justice

Uh-oh. You can probably already tell from the title that I am going to stir the pot a little bit. That’s ok. Topics like social justice should be based on the premise that we can have a rational conversation. After all, I keep hearing that we need to have a conversation about it, so let’s […]

A Word For My Generation

There are few discourses in the scripture that are as powerful as Paul’s discourse on Mars’ Hill in Acts 17. Contrary to popular belief, Mars’ Hill was not simply a pagan shrine. In reality, it was a kind of court room. It’s very likely that Paul’s discourse was a defense at his trial, which makes […]

Christian Character: Love

“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho…” Thus begins what is probably the most famous parable in the entire ministry of Jesus. The Parable of the Good Samaritan teaches us so many things, but above everything else it teaches us what love really looks like. It teaches us that how you treat your […]

Christian Character: Self-Sacrifice

Genesis 44 contains a story that every Christian should read and apply. I know. We typically don’t look at Old Testament stories as examples of Christian character, and for good reason. They contain no stories about Christ Himself. Yet, if we truly believe that Jesus was both God and man then it makes sense to […]

Whose Report Will You Believe?

In case you have been living under a rock, there are a lot of negative things going on in the world. It has gotten to the point to where I don’t even want to know what’s going on, because it all seems to be spiraling out of control. Every day there is a new update […]

Moral Relativism

Moral relativism is the idea that morality is relative to each individual person. There is no ultimate standard or truth, but rather people can make up the rules as they go along. It sounds good in principle, but it doesn’t actually work in practice. As a matter of fact, the words “moral” and “relative” are […]

The Hypocrisy of Cancel Culture

There is a new phenomenon that is taking place in our nation known as “cancel culture.” It seems that the point of this type of thinking is to remove or “cancel” any person or business that does not line up with one’s values. This is a tactic by those on the far left to eliminate […]

The Effects of Liberal Extremism

Let me be clear from the very beginning. Political extremism is wrong, whether conservative or liberal. I do not advocate for any form of extremism at all, because the scriptures teach us to be temperate in all things (1 Corinthians 9:25) if we want to obtain “an incorruptible crown.” One of the basic foundations of […]