God’s word can snap the mighty cedars of Lebanon (Psalm 29:5), but it can also sustain the seedling. It can uproot an ancient cedar, but it can also prosper an acorn and cause it to grow into a mighty oak. Psalm one describes this simple fact: “Blessed is the manwho walks not in the counsel of the wicked,nor stands in the way of sinners,nor sits in the seat of scoffers;but … [Read more...] about Images of the Bible – Sustaining the Seedling
Little God Moments
I was leaving one office, headed back to mine. I was walking. For whatever reason, I went back a different way. Instead of heading out the door I came in, I went up a flight of stairs, hung a left, and preceded down another long hallway. Head down, absentmindedly checking my phone and walking, I heard someone call my name. I turned to see an old friend, a church member I … [Read more...] about Little God Moments
More Than Right
There's more to disagreements than being found right. There's relationship. Ed Stetzer writes: "One of the greatest things I've learned in life is this: people are more important than the point. Instead of working so hard to defend our positions and enforce our demands, we can till up a lot more kingdom soil by treating other people as more valuable than our own appeals … [Read more...] about More Than Right
The Evolution of Christian Rap
The first Christian Rap I ever listened to was "Nu Thang" by DC Talk. The year was 1990, I was ten, and I listened to the tape on my Sony Walkman, which, I might add, had the ever fancy auto-reverse feature. Kind of a big deal. Anyway, "Nu Thang" was fun. It sounded more hip-hop-MC-Hammer-ish than a track of serious rhymes and beats. A quick look at the lyrics gives a fairly … [Read more...] about The Evolution of Christian Rap
Why Protestants Reject the Apocrypha
"Apocry-what?" I remember hearing that word for the first time in college when I was working at a Christian bookstore. The store carried a couple Catholic Bibles that included the Apocrypha, and the addition of these books caught me off guard. Like many Protestants, I was unfamiliar with these writings. I had no idea some Christians had "bigger" Bibles, and honestly, I … [Read more...] about Why Protestants Reject the Apocrypha