Feasts reveal more about us than we may realize. Most Americans think of the holiday we affectionately call Thanksgiving primarily in terms of the dinner, a meal which takes on average seven hours to make and only sixteen minutes to eat. But as we see in the book of Acts, sincere gratitude is disruptive. Have you ever shared something good…...
Read MoreWe stood in the meeting hall of a denominational gathering. A person who was, at that time, a coworker stood beside me. They were fully engaged in all the happenings and quite outspoken in favor of some, what seemed to me then and seems to me still, very secondary issue. I made a comment about how I regularly hear from…...
Read MoreHere's Your Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:30AM (EST). ⊕ Three Obstacles to Supporting the Global Church ⊕ If…...
Read MoreAnyone who keeps up with me knows I love the nonprofit I get to work for called Scholar Leaders. It has been the highlight of my professional career. Working for them has opened global horizons as I have met amazing Christian leaders and thinkers serving in the Majority World. It has changed my outlook on the Great Commission as well…...
Read MoreIn his monumental book The Resurrection of the Son of God, British scholar N.T. Wright tells the story of a king who once called upon his archers to shoot their arrows at the sun. He became angry when they all failed to reach their solar target. One clever archer waited until midday, aimed his bow at the reflection of the…...
Read MoreC.S. Lewis described a man's incessant desire to be a part of the inner group as leading him to unkowingly cross a threshold of evil. In his Ransom trilogy, Lewis explains how Mark, a man determined to earn the approval of a group of scientists, becomes wicked while casually laughing at a joke with no notice to what was happening…...
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