This week we begin our season of Advent, which is the Christian season of preparation for Christmas. Christians prepare for celebrating the birth of Jesus by remembering the longing of the Jews for a Messiah. In Advent, we’re reminded of how much we ourselves also need a Savior, and we look forward to our Savior’s second coming even as we prepare to…
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Recently I had the honor and privilege of being interviewed by my friend and early mentor Brandon Porter on the weekly radio and internet ministry he co-hosts called Biblical Thinking. It was a conversation that was spurred by my article “Discerning Minds Want to Know: Sharpening Discernment for Our Trying Times.” Through the interview, we highlight some of the insight from that…
It’s the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and I have so many things to be thankful for. How about you? To help you give thanks, we’re going to go a little bit ancient-modern here, all the way back to 1882. In that year, the blind George Matheson penned a song that gets to something that I am so very thankful for. He called it…
There was great joy in Israel during the days of King Josiah (2 Kings 22-23). The lost book of truth had been found!
Truth is of utmost importance. But, it’s not enough to simply claim truth. It’s important to critically reflect on how we come to know that our “truth” is really true. Through a recent conversation, a theological principle known as the Wesleyan Quadrilateral or the Methodist Quadrilateral was brought to my attention. I had briefly heard of it before […]
(By Dave Miller, the current 2nd Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention and a pastor in Iowa)
Habakkuk was confused, frustrated, and evidently just a little bit ticked at God.
“Oh, Lord, how long shall I cry for help and you will not hear? Or cry to you ‘Violence” and you will not save?” (Hab 1:2)
His concern was focused on the wickedness that was so prevalent among God’s people, in his nation.
“So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.” (Hab 1:4)
Read between the lines. “Where are you, God? Why are you allowing this wickedness to prevail?”
Then, God answered Habakkuk, but it was not an answer that the prophet wanted to hear. […]
The Bible says that on the seventh day, God rested (Gen 2:1), which was a fitting conclusion to a week of work. We are made in God’s image (Gen 1:27), and if God is a worker, then so should we be as well. I know that we as a nation are increasingly becoming an entitlement society, but we who are followers of…
It’s the Wednesday after the Tuesday that saw what felt like the biggest election of my voting lifetime. Christian, whether or not your presidential candidate won, here’s a song to remind you that more than a president with a fluctuating approval rating and sin nature, you have a King who is perfect and worthy of all praise. Even better… You didn’t elect…
We are only five days away from the 2012 presidential election, and I’m here today to tell you how to vote. I know that voting for the leader of the greatest nation on Earth is always a big deal, but for some reason, it feels especially big this time around. So, how should you vote on Tuesday?
Hello, worshipers! It’s Wednesday, and before you don your costume and head out to gather together all of the Halloween goodies, I’ve come in just the nick of time to remind you that today is not just Halloween. More importantly, it’s REFORMATION DAY! It was on this day back in 1517 when a vexed Augustinian monk named Martin Luther sparked what came to…
It’s almost 3:00p, but Wednesday isn’t over yet. Let’s turn our thoughts to worship with a simple but powerful song called “Forever Reign.” Written in 2009 by Jason Ingram and Reuben Morgan and published through Hillsong Music, I first worshiped the Lord with this song at the Connect worship time at my son’s school co-op under the leadership of Hunter Sparkman. My…