How We Think, How Paul Thought, and How We Can Think Again — It is always fascinating to me when a religious piece from a past generation casts such a powerful lesson on a later population… In 1963, Krister Stendahl of Harvard Divinity School wrote an essay first published in the Harvard Theological Review titled The Apostle Paul and the Introspective Conscience of…

I read a story last week about a Pastor who was diagnosed with Covid-19 during the summer of 2020. Following his recovery from the virus, the Pastor began donating plasma as often as he was able. The anti-bodies he has from the virus allow the plasma he donates to aid…

Lesson 11 | Porn is harmless! If I Were the Devil… I’d remind you guys to clear your internet history often! No sense letting an embarrassing little mishap get in the way of your private fun. …

Lesson #9 — The Wilderness is a Pulpit These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness…(Deuteronomy 1:1, HCSB) The book of Deuteronomy is primarily a collection of three separate sermons given from Moses to the people of Israel following their 40-year sojourn through the wilderness. Israel is poised to enter the…

Lesson 10 | What is moral? It’s up to YOU! If I Were the Devil… I would argue that morality is what YOU make it, and it can change depending on how you feel. Morality is not something objective to be pursued, but something you find within yourself. …

Lesson #8 — Healing in the Wilderness …the people became impatient because of the journey. The people spoke against God and Moses: “Why have you led us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!” (Numbers 21:4–5, HCSB) As Israel re-enters the wilderness to begin…

The Most Valuable Podcast for the Christian Life Today Long-form podcasts have challenged the common assertion that the attention span of the average adult is short. Podcasts represent a new medium for consuming content that offer greater depth on whatever topic a person is interested in. This movement toward deeper…

The Book of Lamentations — How to Love, by Lil Wayne The “Faith & …” Series is an ongoing project that aims to bring Scripture to life through the various forms of media Christians engage with on a daily basis. Faith & Radio is an effort to take mainstream music…

Is the American church being persecuted, and how has the historical Church responded to persecution? 2020 has been a year dominated by the global spread of the novel coronavirus, and the subsequent illness (Covid-19) that has emerged from it. As of the writing of this piece, there have been 4.85 million cases of Covid-19 in the United States, and over 150,000 people have perished. New…