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How God Speaks – Part IV

We’ve seen in this brief series on how God speaks that God has and is utilizing many different ways to communicate with humanity. These include God speaking in creation, in our personhood, in our conscience and in the Bible. All of this communication, however, is impossible for humanity to understand […]

The Lady in the Black Ford Pickup

[I wrote this post just for fun. I hope you enjoy this true story.] Back in the day when people read newspapers, I decided to pick one up at my local King Supers grocery store to read while drinking my morning coffee. As I walked in the parking lot back […]

How God Speaks – Part III

In my first two posts on the topic of how God speaks, I covered how God speaks in creation, in our personhood, in our conscience and in the Bible. Today I want to look at the most important way God speaks. God Speaks in His Son, Jesus Christ The Bible […]

How God Speaks – Part II

This post is the second in a series on “How God Speaks.” In my first post I covered how God speaks in creation and in our personhood. I now discuss two more major ways God speaks. God Speaks in Our Conscience Our conscience is simply the awareness that God is […]

How God Speaks

When it comes to the question of the existence of God, one would think that if he does exists, then he would introduce himself to us. Christians assert that God has in fact introduced himself to us, and still is introducing himself. All we have to do is look around […]

When God Gets Angry

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world […]

The Book of Second Exodus

My pastor is preaching a series through the Book of Exodus. I’ve been enjoying reviewing this beloved book of the Bible: the oppression of the Jews in Egypt, the birth and calling of Moses, the ten plagues, the first Passover night, Moses parting the Red Sea, the miracles in the […]

Husbands and Wives and Heaven

A few years ago I gave a lecture in Europe to a group of pastoral students on the topic of why Jesus didn’t focus on the family. Quoting Mark 12:18-25, I made the point that Jesus taught that marriage ends at death: Then the Sadducees, who say there is no […]

We’re Not Mormons, People

With the understanding that the vast majority of my readers are Christians, I must say that often in practice we act instead like we’re Mormons. Here’s why. I’m no authority on LDS theology, but I do know that Mormons believe that marriage survives death and lasts into eternity. Hence, Mormons […]

Our Perfect Christian Neighbors May Be Widow-Blind

A breath of fresh air has been blowing through Ammons Circle lately. Over the last four years, seven young families have moved onto our block. Besides their young children, they’ve brought with them a zeal for updating and renovating their forty-something homes. Most of them have followed the new post […]