Tag: Primal Credo

Primal Credo Chapter 9 If we love Jesus, then we will love what he loves. Or at least we will commit ourselves to grow in love towards what Jesus loves. What does he love? Jesus loves the church. Biblical writers are fond of playing with …

Primal Credo Chapter 6 Death is the silent specter hovering over every human being who has ever lived. We try to shield ourselves from thoughts of death, but we have all been touched with the sting of death as we have watched the death of …

Primal Credo Chapter 5 The death of Jesus makes it impossible to ignore him. His teachings continue amaze the masses, although the masses tend to misunderstand him. (His stories and sermons were neither common-sensical wisdom nor universal principles on how to do life. His teachings …

Primal Credo Chapter 4 Every mother can tell you the coming-into-the-world story of each of her children. They are often unique. I have witnessed the birth each of my three boys and they each came into the world in their own unique way. Wesley, my …

Primal Credo Chapter 3: Jesus We believe in God. This conviction puts us on a different trajectory from atheists, those who do not believe in God, but there is nothing uniquely Christian about claiming belief in God. From Primal Credo, chapter 3: The overwhelming majority …

Chapter 2 The creed opens with “I believe in God…”. Everything else the creed has to say is oriented around this life-altering statement. Our creed is much more about God than it is about us. This may disappoint some people, but it is necessary to …

Today is a good day. I am happy to announce the official release of Primal Credo: Your Entrance into the Apostles’ Creed. Writing this book has been a laborious, but worthwhile, 10-month experience. It started last summer when I began to hammer out the opening …