Thinking about the atonement
Christ died and rose for our salvation. But what does that mean? How does it work? The biblical doctrine of the atonement has been...
Loving through grief
There are many things about the book of Job with which I wrestle. Job 42:7 is one of those. Job’s story is familiar: A...
Christ’s return and the Anabaptist lens
US. Mennonite Brethren, as well as many other evangelicals, have been greatly influenced in their reading of Scripture, and specifically “end times” passages, by...
Let it shine
“Hide it under a bushel? No! I’m gonna let it shine!” These lyrics are from one of the first songs I learned in church,...
Promises, puzzles and Pentecost
Pentecost, a 50-day time span beginning Easter Sunday, celebrates culminated promises and a new beginning. The story of Pentecost in Acts 2 contains some...
Faithfulness: Doing what you say you’ll do
I can be a pretty flaky guy. I say I’ll do something, and I have the best of intentions to do it, but then...
Gentleness: Grabbing power or growing gentleness
"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5).
I am convinced that we Christians have a gentleness problem.
Let me start with...
Suffering well
To be human is to suffer—to endure difficulty, experience pain and eventually die. This is the case for every single human being.
In our attempts...