I always wrestle with this, not so much the concept but the definition. I am preaching on June 8th and the readings are Hosea 5:15-6:6, Romans 4:13-25, and Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26. So I ask, what do you all think of this ultra-simplistic definition of faith? Faith = Belief + Action
Found at Dvorak.org/blog. This is a new take on communing with God. Foxnews.com is reporting Federal agents have arrested a man on charges of drug trafficking after finding a statue of Jesus made of cocaine at a Texas border crossing… According to the criminal report filed by U.S. officials Tuesday, […]
I received our monthly newsletter from my college at Oxford today. Poking around the website I found the following description of the coat of arms that was approved after I had graduated. St. Cross, located on St. Giles, just down from the Eagle and Child and right next to the […]
This is a great article and glad that it is now available for free online! More Terrific Scholarship From Me I see (HT: Awilum.com) that an article of mine from a while back, “4Q246,” is available in several formats from the Institute for Biblical Research website. If you’re really interested, […]
My friend and colleague Paul Flesher wrote a column two weeks ago concerning the Evangelical Manifesto. I don’t believe that I have seen it before, but it looks very promising as it distances the signers (see Paul’s column below for some examples) from those, including the press, who define evangelicalism […]
I spent the last two days in Philadelphia first with some amazing Philadelphia school district high school students who were receiving awards for their accomplishments and then with two of our students who will be going on a 3 and 6 month internship in China. On the way home I […]
Francis Collins is not only (or was) the head of the Human Genome Institute, he is also a convert to Christianity. He wrote The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief (which leads me to make two observations [1] we know it is scholarly because there is a […]
I have mentioned before that I have used Nisus Writer for years (my doctoral thesis and book were written in it). Although I still use Word for collaborative projects, to make sure comments can be read, etc. I love NWP, use it, and support it whenever I can. (It has […]
I now have twenty different images that I use for headers. Rather than having to refresh each time to see them, I thought I would create a gallery for those who would like to peruse the images. All photos were taken by me and I am happy to provide full […]
This Calvin & Hobbes series is one of my favorites. Mostly because I did once have my pants rip during recess on a day when I was wearing little cars underpants. But the punchline to this story is appropriate given a conversation earlier today regarding the discernment process.