The American church has, in many ways, gone the way of the American culture. One of those ways that I want to focus on is the trend of the past 20-30 years of emerging children’s and youth ministries ...  Read More

 It is interesting to see how God capped off the ten commandments with one that almost summarizes all 10. To covet (passionately desire) what belongs to someone else, or whatever does not belong to yo...  Read More

“And the people complained in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes, and when the LORD heard it, his anger was kindle, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some outlying p...  Read More

18 “What profit is an idolwhen its maker has shaped it,a metal image, a teacher of lies?For its maker trusts in his own creationwhen he makes speechless idols!19 Woe to him who says to a wooden thing,...  Read More

“If only you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” -Isaiah 48:18The context of this passage comes when...  Read More

From a long background in both the Christian faith and martial arts environments, I have often compared churches to martial arts academies that offer cardio kickboxing classes. When a martial arts aca...  Read More

Type your new text here. How should we understand the killing of sinful people in the Old Testament through the lens of the Gospel?As we come to understand the definition of murder to be: the killing ...  Read More