…Jesus also had a group of female disciples. Luke also used a shorthand phrase to refer to them. He simply called them the Women (Luke 23:55; Acts 1:14). Interestingly, Luke used this phrase the same way that he used the Twelve. They were the Lord’s disciples also—the female counterpart to the Twelve. The Women followed
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Dating, Marriage, and Sex (and Understanding the Bible)
Last Tuesday night my church discussed what the Bible has to say about dating, marriage, and sex. First of all, we acknowledged that our concept of dating is foreign to the Bible. Nevertheless, the Bible still offers us insight and guidance. The greatest commands (love God, love others; see Matt. 22:34-39, Mark 12:28-34) should be
Book Review: Clean
Not long ago I read “The Final Freedom” by Dr. Doug Weiss. It contains a significant overview of all of the different factors which can be involved in sexual addiction. So Dr. Weiss seems to be quite knowledgeable. Unfortunately, “Clean” feels almost as if it were written by a different person. I was admittedly disappointed.
Greg Boyd on the Bible
This is so good that I wanted to share it: The earliest disciples didn’t believe in Jesus because their Scripture (the OT) proved to them that he was the Son of God. They were rather convinced by Jesus’ claims, his unique life of love, his distinctive authority, his unprecedented miracles, his self-sacrificial death, and especially
Major Announcement: Website Relaunch!
I’m very excited to announce my new website! (Or depending upon how you look at it, the redesign of my old website.) I wrote my previous website, including the CMS, from scratch seven years ago. Since then, a lot has happened on the web. There have been a number of features I wanted to add
The Gospel is Jesus
The Gospel is a topic I’ve addressed on a couple of occasions. But it is important enough to revisit. I have some new insights since I last wrote about it. Many of us are aware that “gospel” means good news. This is true, but there is more to it that just this. One specific and
Respect Women, But…
OK, so I don’t think there should be any exceptions to respecting women, it’s just challenging to come up with a good title. I read “Seeing a Woman: A conversation between a father and son”, a blog post which has been circulating on the web recently. The basic thrust is “don’t objectify women”. I fully
Miley Cyrus
Do the VMAs reflect worse on Miley or on us? I don’t follow celebrities but with the popularity of Hannah Montana, I’m guessing people wanted Miley to stay a cute little girl forever. So is what she did at least partially about forcing people to recognize her as an adult? (Because after her performance, people
Book Giveaway!
Today I am pleased to have the opportunity to giveaway a copy of a new book to one of you, my readers. “Open” is a new book by Craig Gross. I gave a positive review to one of his previous books, “Pure Eyes”. He is probably best known as the founder of XXXchurch.com. “Open”, which
Church vs. Scouts – East 91st St. Christian to Cut Ties
(Note: I attempt to be respectful here and recognize the point of view of those whom I disagree with. I would like for this to be constructive criticism, not malicious criticism. However I don’t know how I would say what I said in a nicer way so I don’t know if I succeeded.) Yesterday afternoon