“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friend.” - John 15:12-13 This blog serves as part 2 of a series of entries that I’m writing on hospitality and Christian service. ...
During my sabbatical in Pasadena, when Fuller Seminary’s New Testament faculty learned about my writing projects, they asked me to share this paper with them and have a discussion. In response, they said that, though it’s written for Africa, it deals with analogous issues which they, too,...
“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off fo...
Is Christ’s bride making the same mistakes as Israel prompted by disobedience and writing a story of how they want it to be rather that how it will be. We will see next time. Blessings as you consider these things. Like this:LikeLoading... Now all these things happened to them as ex...
Two days ago one of my “little writing sisters” (Na’veh) and I had a conversation about the divine call to love people “no matter what.” Then, last night before attending an academic presentation, as I was mindlessly flipping through one of my older journals, I paused on a page ...
It is not hard to see something terribly wrong on planet Earth. We have come to expect death, dying, and suffering, but was this God’s plan? What happened? The Bible has the answer, but it is not what most people want to know. ...
In a very difficult part of Paul’s writing, he continues to explain that the law is spiritual and we are carnal. There are the two natures that live and fight within us until Jesus returns. The purpose of the law is to tell us what God considers as transgression and how sinful we ar...
Because of John’s intimate knowledge of Jesus and the word of God, he draws upon this understanding of both in his writing. But, let us not forget the inspiration from the Holy Spirit and the visions given him. This is the supernatural aspect of this book. ...