A Gospel that is not explicitly anti-racist falls short of the Gospel declared in Scripture. The death of Jesus did not not only atone for individual sins. It had social and racial repurcussions as well. Look at Ephesians 2, where Paul addresses the ethnic hostility between Jews and Gentiles— "
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“Well, I know that God is on the throne...” “God is in control!” “Let go and let God!” These cliches can inoculate us against our God-given calling to collaborate with God in the healing of the world. Yes, Christ is King. Yes, God is sovereign. But that therefore doesn’t
At a skin-deep reading, it would appear that Jesus was wrong. Lazarus would die. Jesus heard the news of illness, waited around for 2 days . . . and did nothing! And Jesus’ do-nothing-ness resulted in one of His dear friends dying. But Jesus’ words are very particular. “This sickness will not END
The Bible is pretty plain on the role of women in our society. Like you, I want to submit my beliefs to what Scripture says. When I look at the Bible, here's what I find: All genders are created in the image of God (Genesis 1) All genders
I routinely run into Christians who carry anxiety that when they die God will deny them entrance to heaven based off of Matthew 7:21, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven; only people who do the will of my
I wanted to highlight just a couple of pitfalls to avoid when reading Genesis 1—3. 1. Genesis 1 is all about proper division and separation (pushing back the forces of chaos). However, that division language should not be confused with binary ontological categories. For instance, there is separation between
Yesterday I preached on hell…and its eventual emptying. I also recorded an additional 45 minutes giving a brief history of the concept of hell and an “I believe” statement about the afterlife. Links to everything below. Sermon Video and Audio The hell portion comes in the second half. Bonus
Whenever I teach on Scripture's clear stance on the full equality of women, and their absolute eligibility to lead and teach in the church, I receive pushback that this goes against, "The plain reading of Scripture." In other words, these folks argue, someone can only come