EDITOR’S NOTE: Ron Merrell and I are each other’s biggest cheerleaders. This article comes from a message he preached several years ago during a verse-by-verse expository series on the Book of Exodus. I loved it so much, I’ve been pestering him to convert his sermon notes into an article here for months now. Due to his incredibly busy… Read More »
One of my earliest articles from way back in May 2011 explored the deity of Jesus. In this one, we are going to thoroughly explore His humanity. The Hypostatic Union Strikes Again! My regular readers have often encountered my mention of a divine mystery theologians have labelled the “hypostatic union.” This term means that, while remaining 100% God… Read More »
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I binge-watched Season 4 of The Chosen. In general, I tend to thoroughly enjoy this series. I have few, if any, problems with their portrayal of events actually recorded in the Gospels, including its accounts of miraculous healings. On the other hand, I do have a serious problem with Dallas… Read More »
We’ve spent the first two articles in this series exploring where we obtained the concept of “on earth as it is in heaven” and then examined how that translates into our personal relationship with our Heavenly Father. In this final article, we will now discuss how the Kingdom of God expresses itself through us towards a hopelessly-lost-without-Jesus humanity.… Read More »
Committed Christ-followers and pew-warming pietists alike have been reciting the opening phrase in the title of this article for literally over 2,000 years. Anyone who has hung around any church or organization calling itself “Christian” for even a few minutes will recognize it as coming from the Lord’s Prayer found in Matthew 6 and Luke 11. It is the second… Read More »
A tremendous amount of mud-slinging is currently going on in the Church these days. I’ve addressed that topic in multiple articles here on Miscellaneous Ramblings. In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a brief list for your reading enjoyment and — I hope! — spiritual edification: Of Blind Men & Elephants Filled With The Troll-y Spirit The… Read More »
