• There is a war waging in our hearts in regards to sin and righteousness. If you do not know this, or if you fail to believe this, then I wonder whether or not you have truly touched the grace of Jesus Christ in your life. Whether or not the Holy Spirit has caused your own…

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  • Wetting our Fingers

    Wetting our Fingers

    If you wet your finger and stick it up in the air you can tell what direction the wind is blowing. There is a somewhat obscure (out of the way to most Bible readers) that makes the following comments regarding some godly leaders of their time: “…the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times,…

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  • Philosophical Authority: An Inquiry into Paul’s Discussion on Colossians 2:8

    “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ” (Col 2.8; italics mine). Is philosophical meandering wrong? At first glance it might appear that the apostle Paul is warning Christians to…

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  • Beating the Drums Once More…On Doubt

    A one trick pony. A pounding of the same drum. The beating of a dead horse. The repeating of the same tale. Perhaps, that is what I am about to do today, but I cannot resist the urge. A few posts back I wrote about what I called “that shadowy idol called doubt.” My reason…

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  • Digging through Evidence in Unbelief

    “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah” (Luke 11.29b).[i] Relearning Jesus… Take a moment and mull over what Jesus is saying to the increasingly larger crowd gathering about Him (Luke 11.29a). Speaking of his own generation (of those…

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