Is God dead? That was the cover of Time Magazine 43 years ago today. Time shocked the religious sensibilities of the Church crowd with their pre-Easter edition asking the lurking question in so many minds during the tumultuous 60s: Is the all-powerful, almighty God talking …
Read MoreThe Cross of Christ
April 12th is Easter, Resurrection Sunday, the ultimate day of Christian celebration when we celebrate Jesus’ triumph over death and hell. In order to prepare for Resurrection Sunday, we are spending five weeks on Sunday mornings talking about “The Cross of Christ.” For a number …
Read MoreBook Review: Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana
Anne Rice has done it again. In her second book in the Christ the Lord series, Rice has again skillfully created a historical novel of the life of Jesus that is engaging, historically connected, and true to the image of Jesus in the Gospels. Christ …
Read MoreEighteen Years
Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. Psalm 37:5 NASB Eighteen years ago I read these words. No joke. I was no fool. I read these words. They became to me the very spoken words of God. …
Read MoreAnne Rice’s New Book
I just ordered Anne Rice’s new book, Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana. This is the sequel to her 2005 work, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. Read my review of Out of Egypt here. I really enjoyed the first book and I am …
Read MoreGood Friday 2008
Today is Good Friday. It is a day of prayer, fasting, confession, repentance, and reflection on the sorrow of the cross.It is good, because of death, Jesus’ death.It is not a “happy-go-lucky” kind of “good.”It is a redemptive good.It is a reflective good.It is a …
Read MoreWhy I am participating in Lent
I am preparing for Lent, a 40-day season of prayer and fasting, but not today. Today is not a fast day. Today is a feast day. All of the Sundays during Lent are feast days. Today was a feast day, because it was Super Bowl …
Read More75% of Americans believe the resurrection of Jesus is literally true
Andrew Vanover recently blogged on the latest report from the Barna Group concerning the contemporary beliefs in various Bible stories. Barna conducted a nationwide telephone survey in August 2007 of 1000 randomly-selected adults. What surprised me most is that 75% of the participants said they …
Read MoreChrist Pantocrator (Christ, Ruler of All)
I just ordered this icon…Christ Pantocrator (pronounced pan-toe-crah-tor). I could have said, “I just ordered this picture or print.” But I said “icon” because that is what it is. The Eastern Orthodox tradition has used icons in their worship for years. The use of icons …
Read MoreRescue, the Trinity & Christ our Example
On the iPod this morning: Battle Cry by Michael Gungor. He was the worship leader at the church Jenni and I attended in Tulsa in the late 90s. He is a phenomenal guitar player and he has developed into a great worship leader. He is …
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