Posts in category Knowing the Word

When reading through the first five books of the Old Testament, many of us find a significant portion of those chapters very hard to profit …

Ice storms are unusual in my sliver of the United States. So the arrival of a “historic ice storm” this past month caused quite a …

“How does the gospel apply to your struggle?” This is one of my favorite questions to ask in discipling conversations. More often than not, however, …

Authors have no way of knowing which articles will prove most helpful or resonate with readers. Sometimes an article that we are just sure will …

Earlier this year, I spoke at a Christian educators conference in Thailand and posed the following question to the folks in attendance: “Is the Bible …

With the Old Testament and historical background in place in previous articles, it’s time to examine Mark 7:1–13 in more detail.  In other words, it’s …

This brief series of articles arises from the concern that conservative Christianity is in danger of the sin of idolatry.  I’ll go a bit further …

Even though 2.6 billion people claim to be Christian, the New Testament predicts false Christians will be many, true Christians will be few, and the …

To many of you reading this blog, the words conservative and traditional are sacred cows.  I think of myself as a conservative Christian.  If you …

When we think about the Kingdom of God, we tend to think of the Gospels where Jesus’ offered the kingdom and His people rejected it. …