believe, Bible, God, Moses, Numbers, obedience, prayer
Sometimes we have to make decisions about which the Bible does not speak. We have to choose what college to go to, where to live, whether or not to have another child, etc., etc., etc. These specific situations are not spelled out for us in the Bible. There is no...
1 Corinthians, 1 Samuel, 1 Timothy, Acts, believe, Bible, Deuteronomy, faith, God, Heaven, idols, Jesus, John, Judges, Leviticus, Luke, Numbers, obedience, tolerance, universalism, worship
There is a popular idea out there that it doesn’t matter how you choose to worship, as long as you are sincere. Within this idea is an unspoken conclusion that, somehow, no matter which religion turns out to be right, the god(s) of that religion will honor the...
Bible, Ephesians, Genesis, God, obedience, trials
This semester I am teaching something called Chronological Bible Discipleship. As you might infer, we’re going through the Bible chronologically in order to better understand the Bible as ONE story, not 66 independent books. All that to say, we spent some time...
1 John, discipline, God, idols, John, Kurt Cobain, love, obedience, sin
Hi, my name is Kelly, and I am a rebel. I’m sure this is true of all people to some degree or another, but I feel particularly prone to resist authority. I blame my older brother. He modeled rebellion well for me, for which he spent the better part of the...
Bible, evangelism, Exodus, God, meaning of life, obedience
It’s a common thing for Christians to desire to make an impact for the Lord. We want our lives to matter beyond our mundane jobs and our time-filling hobbies. At the end of the day, we want to know that we have made some sort of a spiritual difference in the...
believe, Bible, faith, Genesis, God, Hebrews, Jesus, obedience
This Christianity is a strange business. The juxtaposition of faith and logic never seems to baffle me. That’s not to say that all of Christianity is illogical, but, let’s just admit it, a lot of it is. By human standards, it makes zero sense that God...