Are the Gospels Reliable? An Intro

I’m a Christian. These days, I’ll admit…even as a Pastor, that I say that statement with a trace of fear and intimidation in my heart, because I know that being a Christian is not highly regarded these days. Generally, people don’t like Christians very much. Fair enough, some Christians haven’t been the best examples of […]

Election, huh? Welp…See Ya Later.

Not so fast. I used to be one of you. I’ve had a lifelong aversion to politics. Also, I have a near fatal allergic reaction to drama and vitriol and both of those seem to be part of the package when talking about politics. It’s much easier just to bury your head in the proverbial […]

Engaging Well – A Response to Myself

Welp. That didn’t go as planned, or maybe it did. Or maybe I didn’t really have a plan. In case you are wondering what I’m talking about, this morning I posted a “hot-take” response to President Trump holding a Bible in front of an Episcopal Church in DC. The post exploded. Some agreed. Some disagreeing. […]

The Cancer – COVID Connection

“The lie is that contentment is found at the end of the trial, not in the middle of it.” New post – The Cancer-COVID Connection.

Book Review: Finding the Right Hills to Die On

I saw this book fly by and it caught my eye immediately. As a Pastors/Elders, one of the frequent tasks we are called to is untangling false teaching. How can we do that in a way that is gentle, and sensitive [2 Timothy 2:24-26]…yet still fulfills the Biblical command to “protect the flock from wolves?” […]

Israel 2019: Last Day

Welp, it’s finally here: our last day. And WHAT a day it was. First, I just dumped 70 more photos onto the Google Photos page. So…have at ’em. One of the highlights of the whole trip was today’s visit to Nazereth, Jesus’ home town, and it was grand. It was a mini-replica of all things […]

Days 7.25 and 8 [ish]

[Google Photos page updated] We started Tuesday with a morning hike up Mount Arbel, which provided amazing views of everything below. The group is continually struck by how people used to live – like climbing a mountain is NBD to them. People were used to their environment. We come in from America and wonder how […]

Israel Day 6 and 7.25 – ExtraBiblical History

Day 6 started on a sober note as we spent a few hours in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum. What human beings are capable of, by continued and prolonged rationalization and sin. Even though this was not a Biblical site, we saw the reality of original sin and evil in the world. In a way, […]

Israel Day 5 – Tombs

Today was Tomb Day – specifically the Garden Tomb and also the Church of the Sepulchre. Both of which are traditionally held to be the possible place where Jesus’ tomb is today…for different reasons. First the Garden Tomb. Such a beautiful and peaceful place. We took a time of meditation and prayer before going in, […]

Israel Day 4 – Jerusalem Part 3

OK, so. Google Photo page is updated…took lots of pics today, so be forewarned. We started the day by seeing some of the remnants of the original City of David and some of the artifacts. Why is that awesome? Welp, this is a pretty recent find and it is so awesome because they found things […]