The early Church was utterly romanced by the Good News that in Christ God’s primary goals were the restoration, reconciliation, renewal, redemption, repair, recovery, and rescue of all.  For our sake and the current moment, the word “restore” can be...

One rainy day I was thinking about the word “integrity.” I had just finished reading something about some ancient Christian hermit or desert dweller and their inspiring integrity.  Someone already defined integrity for me as, “when you act the same...

“Therefore, be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48) Jesus says this rather early in the Sermon on the Mount.  The Greek word used for “perfect” is τελειοι (teleioi) and is a derivative of τελος (telos).  Telos is...

In John 10:10 Jesus says, “The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy.  I came that they might have life and have it to the full.” When some translations of the Scripture say, “Have it to the full,” I take...

A static mindset is not a Christian mindset. A static mindset says, “Nothing can change or should change.”   However, to be a Christian means always being open to changing one’s mind about things.  Not necessarily because our views could...

The Culture Wars will always be a thing, won’t they? Especially since we are all looking at the same world through different lenses or from different vantage points. We all might be using the same lingo but mean different things...

I never thought I might write that title. However, here we are. And there is the highest threat level of nuclear war in the past 60 years. Or so I hear. I have no way of qualifying that statement. This...