Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. -II Corinthians 3:17 The Spirit of God is the spirit of freedom. Any other spirit is born of oppression. The Spirit of God is always the Spirit of
“Nothing in regard to controversial matters ha(s) ever been settled by the Bible.” –William Lloyd Garrison Gays and lesbians will never “win” the argument over what the Bible says or does not say about homosexuality. The good news is: we don’t have to. It will
Gays vs. God. It’s a dichotomy the press just loves. We see it all the time: some religious leader from the far right is trotted out onto a national talk show or news show to denounce the latest civil rights crumb that may be tossed
And I am sure that he who began a good work in your will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:6) “It’s a familiar tale: an aging Beethoven, ill and deaf, conducting the orchestra and chorus in the premiere of
One of the really frustrating things about living and working in the country is that cell phone reception is completely unreliable. While I was working one job where I had to travel county to county, there was one stretch of highway where my cell phone
He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, ‘Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?’ – Mark 4:39-40 I began long ago
Read the rest of the series We’ve discussed the purpose of Scripture and how two approaches to reading Scripture that work. Hopefully by now you have begun to pick out some Scriptures to read. Well, having opened the Bible and begun to read, how can
Read the rest of the series Last time we spoke about how the Bible is a tool whose misuse of the Bible by ministers and the church has cause a lot of hurt in many people. I shared some experiences I have seen along these
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the
Read the rest of the series In my pastoral ministry work, one of the biggest problems I deal with is individuals who have had the Bible used in a way that hurt them. One young man my wife and I have come to know will