Category Archives: Bible

The seventh year of King Hezekiah’s reign brought crisis to both him and his nation. A recorded in 2 Kings 17-18, the Assyrian king Sennacherib had already invaded the northern kingdom of Israel and had conquered it. After deporting nearly … Continue reading →

Elijah told Ahab, the king of Israel, that God would not send rain again until Elijah said so. Elijah then immediately went into hiding. Although he knew Ahab probably wouldn’t believe at first, after three years of drought and then … Continue reading →

Walking in the path that God has laid out for you might be neither easy nor pleasant. Jesus himself told his followers that: “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads … Continue reading →

While Moses was receiving the ten commandments from God on top of Mount Sinai, the Israelites despaired of his ever returning. As his time with God stretched from days to weeks, the people began to lose hope and asked Moses’ … Continue reading →

I learned about something new today from what someone posted to me on Facebook. It’s called Christian Domestic Discipline. The focus is on “disciplining” one’s wife, including physical disciplining: that is, they advocate spanking. Now if they were simply advocating … Continue reading →

Freedom is constrained by love: it is constrained by myself; it is constrained by other humans; it is constrained by God. I do not kill you even though it might amuse me to watch you twitch, because I self-constrain out … Continue reading →

Most of the time I feel as if I have no faith. I look at my life and my circumstances and I feel hopeless. I don’t feel as if I ever learn anything. No matter how often I’ve seen God … Continue reading →

Not so long ago I finished reading Clark H. Pinnock’s book, Flame of Love: A Theology of the Holy Spirit. It was published by IVP in 1996. Overall, I enjoyed the book and found a lot of interesting concepts and … Continue reading →

Some time ago I received an email from someone who had a few questions for me as a Baptist and as a theologian: Where did Jesus give instructions that the Christian faith should be based exclusively on a book? Where … Continue reading →