Category Spiritual Markers

I say retreat!

I can feel it. I’m way overdue for some time to reflect, think, pray, and unload. I shared with our elders at Journey last week about my sense of being overwhelmed and was deeply grateful for their kind and loving…

Struggling with salvation

Tim has an excellent post about Christians who struggle with their salvation. He promises to break it down into a series of entries, but in his first salvo, he gives three important affirmations about a person’s salvation: First, it is…

Chasing the kingdom

I think that Matthew 13.44-46 contains two of my very favorite parables of Christ. They’re both joyful comparisons of the kingdom of heaven. They’re so compelling, so inviting, and so deeply challenging that you find yourself meditating on them long…

Experience vs. obedience

Alrighty! Let’s talk about the theology of scriptural authority for a moment. If you find your head drooping at this point, please click over to MonticelloLive or maybe even Engadget. I’d hate to be the guilty party that causes you…

Baptist family tree

This interesting graphic from the Association of Religion Data Archives is just one of dozens you can pull up when doing research on the status of religion in America. Very interesting. It’s my Baptist Family Tree! (or is it a…

Jesus’ astonishment

In Matthew 7.28, the crowds were amazed at Jesus’ teaching “because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.” However, just a few days later, we stumble across Matthew 8.10. Here, Jesus is…