
What Does It Mean to Be an Ambassador for Christ?
When we read that Jesus called the twelve his apostles, we imagine that he must have been inventing a brand-new word to describe a spiritual gift or an office that existed only in the church.
When we read that Jesus called the twelve his apostles, we imagine that he must have been inventing a brand-new word to describe a spiritual gift or an office that existed only in the church.
10 Uncomfortable Truths About Christian Sexual Ethics
Contrary to Gnostic, body-shaming tendencies within some strands of Christianity, the human body and its sexual functions are neither dirty nor demeaning in God’s created order.
Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?
What if my sins are too great? What if God doesn’t welcome me in? Baptism reminds us that God has marked you out as belonging to him.
Podcast: How Reading Galatians Changed My Life (Portia Collins)
Portia Collins discusses how encountering Galatians and learning to study the Bible changed her life and how she helps other women do the same.
What Would Jesus Do for Exercise?
Let’s start by asking, “Did Jesus exercise?” The question leads us to ponder how contextual, civilizational, and even generational this modern phenomenon of exercise is.
Why Would Jesus Weep Right Before Raising Lazarus? (John 11)
No one knows better than Jesus what is going to happen in this episode. No one is better at mourning with those who mourn than Jesus. Jesus loves people, so he weeps with them, and over them.
What Would the Apostles Do? How and When to Use Acts as a Guide for the Contemporary Church
We cannot and should not always do what Jesus did. Jesus healed the sick and raised the dead, exceptional gifts which we have not been given. We live in a different period of redemptive history.