What’s the True Meaning of Easter? Happy Easter! Easter is a celebration, not of chocolate eggs and fluffy bunnies, but of the greatest event in history. Christians everywhere know what this is, and we use big words and confusing terms to explain...
Four Angels in the Bible With Names Most of the time when angels are mentioned in the Bible, their names are not given. Apparently, their names aren’t important; their message is what matters. However, the names of four angels are...
I Am a Writer—And Much More; Who Are You? I started writing as a teenager. As an adult, many of my jobs involved writing, but I never thought of myself as a writer. Writing was something I did, not who I was. That changed about five years ago...
Reflecting on Church #49: A Leader Worthy of Being Followed and a Congregation That Won’t With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #49. Out of...
Two Types of Church: Institutional and Organic There are two types of church in the Bible, and there are two types of church today. In the Old Testament, there is the temple. At the temple, the priests lead worship and guide the people, as...
Do Angels Have Wings? I’m not sure if I assumed it or someone taught me, but I always thought seraphim and cherubim were two special classes of angels. Though seraphim and cherubim aren’t mentioned often in the Bible (2 and 69 verses...
Reflecting on Church #48: A Great Place to Visit With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #48. This church did many things right, especially...
The Truth about Tithing We’re supposed to tithe to the local church, to give 10 percent of our income, right? Hold on. Not so fast. The Bible talks a lot about tithing, of giving one tenth of what we have to God. However, there are multiple...
Last week we asked if seraphim are the same as angels? We discovered there is no biblical evidence to suggest they are. Now we ask the same question about cherubim. The Bible mentions cherubim much more than seraphim. In fact, there are 69 verses...
Reflecting on Church #47: Their Worship Style is Not My Style With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #47. The people at this church are...
