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The Big Bang …everything that we think we know about ourselves and our world must be examined in the light of the Gospel. As Americans we’ve been taught to think in certain ways since the time that we were old enough to speak. As Christians we need to ask ourselves if what we’ve been told […]

What It Is…and What It Isn’t Thinking the way God thinks, seeing things the way He sees them requires us to change. It’s not simply a matter of changing our system of values, deciding to think one way rather than another. What I’ve been suggesting is that the Gospel doesn’t reduce to a set of

Hermewhatics etc. Why Bother? The question is: how do we understand what the Bible says? The obvious answer is: we read it. We read the Bible, and by reading it we learn about the Lord; we learn who God is and what He’s about in relation to us—those who’ve been created by Him. It’s like

Too often we take issue with the obvious without recognizing the impact of those influences that are more subtle. Some things affect us without our realizing it.

Inside, the men stood in a circle facing each other and one of them said, “Well, what do you think?”

“You don’t know what you’re talking about,” the islander responded.

Tensions between the communities began to escalate as disputes concerning the story

…true conversion is the result of a revelation of God to the individual. (Romans 8:16)

This is an excerpt from a book I’ve written entitled: “The Gospel of the Kingdom in 21st Century America.” …the original Greek word, euongelion, is where the term evangelical comes from. Of course, what is meant by the term “evangelical” has been changing for years, but for the purpose of our discussion let’s agree that