Obedience
Why Doctrine Matters: Love the Lord Your God with all Your Mind
My sister is currently slogging her way through her medical rotations as she learns her way to a medical degree that she might be able to legally practice medicine and be declared, “Doctor.” Doctors pursue medicine for a variety of different reasons but all have, at least to some…
The Prosperity Gospel and Redemption (frustrating, disappointing, difficult redemption)
I recently read Micah 6. It is a wonderful passage on the difference between religion that wearies and saddens God and true religion, a vibrant relationship with God. As I was reading, a particular word caught my attention…redeemed. Micah 6:4 states, “For I brought you up from the land of Egypt…
The Fruitful Soil (Mark 4)
Jesus often used parables in his teaching, which were simple short stories that would have been familiar to the people he was addressing, to explain and illustrate a spiritual truth he wanted to convey to them. Since I’m a simple guy, parables are right in my wheelhouse. This particular parable is used to depict the responsiveness of unbelievers to God’s message of…
