What Kind of Resurrection Do You Want?
UncategorizedEaster raises a question many of us never stop to ask: what kind of resurrection do we actually believe in? […]
Cultural Easter, Spiritual Easter, and the Embodied Hope Jesus Actually Offered
This Then Is How You Should Not Pray
The Lord’s Prayer: What It Means For Your Loved Ones, The Lord's PrayerBefore Jesus teaches the Lord’s Prayer, He warns us how not to pray. This look at His words reveals why sincerity matters – not just for us, but for the people we love.
What Happens When Prayer Becomes Performance
Exploring Calvinism and Arminianism Through Scripture — and an Unexpected AI Dialogue
Conversations with AI 🤖What began as a simple question about free will turned into a rich AI conversation about God’s character, human choice, and the stories we tell about salvation. This post sets the stage for a deeper series exploring these themes.
Seeing God’s Justice, Love, and Invitation Through the Lens of Scripture and AI Reasoning
What Didn’t Happen Before Jesus Died on Good Friday?
Good Friday and Easter, Biblical Events 📅📜✝️, New Testament Events 📅✝️, Religious Seasons ✝️Before Jesus died on Good Friday, many tried to kill Him — and every attempt failed. This piece walks through the passages in order, letting Scripture reveal how the timing of His death was never in human hands but held by God’s long‑promised plan. Read slowly, let the story build, and notice what becomes clear only when you see it all together.
A Scripture‑first walk through every failed attempt to kill Him before the appointed hour
A new series on WhichGodCanSave… – when government gets into religion
Bible's Lens on Real Life - Individual Articles, Bible’s Lens on Real Life 🔍I’ve published a new piece on Which God Can Save? about the tension between America’s constitutional commitments on religion and the recent reports of military leaders framing the conflict with Iran as part of “God’s plan.” It’s the starting point for a series that will look more closely at how government power and religious belief get tangled—and why that matters for faith itself.
A Modern-day Functional Equivalent of the Early Church Apostle?
Testing Apostles, Divine Knowledge Ephesus, Revelation: A book of hope through relationshipThis article explores how early‑church apostles carried unique authority—and why that role no longer exists today. Yet every believer still carries real spiritual influence. Through the Great Commission, the warnings in James, and Jesus’ call to be salt and light, we discover how modern Christians function as teachers in everyday life, even without the title “apostle.”
Living the Mission Without the Title — and Why It Still Matters
On This Rock – Part 2: Justice and Love to the Ancient Ones
On This Rock, Bible's Lens on Real Life - Series, Bible’s Lens on Real Life 🔍We often feel like God’s justice and love pull in opposite directions. But the ancient stories — from Eden to David to the Flood — reveal something far more integrated. This piece explores how justice and love have always worked together, and why that still matters for us today.
Understanding the Love Behind Every Act of Justice
What “Apostle” Meant Back Then
Divine Knowledge Ephesus, Revelation: A book of hope through relationship, Testing ApostlesWe hear the word “apostle” often, but the early church didn’t use it casually. They understood it, tested it, and guarded it. This article looks at what the word meant in their world — and why recovering that meaning brings clarity to ours.
Recovering the Knowledge the Early Church Needed to Test Apostles
Testing Apostles: Series Introduction
Revelation: A book of hope through relationship, Divine Knowledge Ephesus, Testing ApostlesRevelation 2:2 is only half of a sentence, but it’s packed with thoughts that require spiritual discernment. Jesus praises the Ephesian church for doing four things modern believers don’t often think about: testing apostles.
A series on Jesus' commendation for testing false apostles
On This Rock — Part 1: The Eden Incident That Changed Everything
On This Rock, Bible's Lens on Real Life - Series, Bible’s Lens on Real Life 🔍Eden wasn’t just the first sin — it was the moment everything changed. In this opening chapter of On This Rock, you’re invited into the Commander’s story, where a single deception sets the stage for a revolution of justice, love, and restoration. Step inside the narrative and see the Eden Incident in a way you may never have considered before.
Understanding the Choice Behind Every Other Choice