What Does an Eye for an Eye Really Mean? In one of the Bible’s more horrific stories, Jacob’s daughter, Dinah, is taken by force and raped by the outsider, Shechem. When Jacob hears of this he does nothing. Perhaps he fears for his life should he...
In Jesus We Are the Same: It’s Time We Start Embracing One Another Paul writes that when we follow Jesus there’s no real difference between being Jewish or Greek, slave or free, male or female, circumcised, uncircumcised, barbarian, or...
God Seldom Reveals the Big Picture to Us—Just the Next Step God first comes to Abraham when he is still known as Abram. God tells him to leave all he knows and to go—somewhere—to a place God will later show him. The final destination is...
What’s Your Love Language? What is God’s? Do you know the five love languages? In his bestselling book, The Five Love Languages, Dr. Gary Chapman explains that people show love and receive love in one of five ways: through words of affirmation...
A Year in Review: Top 10 Posts on Pursuing Biblical God for 2015 Here are the ten most popular posts on “Pursuing Biblical God” from 2015: Does God Receive Our Actions as a Memorial Offering? If You Have a Message to Share, You Need to Speak Up...
Where Do You Stand on the Judgement Versus Mercy Debate? If you’ve been reading along in our New Testament reading plan, you’ve just finished the book of Titus and will wrap up your Bible reading for the year with the short book of Philemon...
Do You Have a Spiritual Mentor? Everyone needs someone to help him or her navigate the throes of life. As John Donne said, “No man is an island, entire to itself.” In truth, we cannot survive alone. We need others to walk along side of us. Every...
Why We Shouldn’t Argue Over Theology When Paul writes to his protégé Timothy, he instructs Timothy to warn the people not to quarrel over words. Isn’t that what most theological debate is, people arguing about words? People who claim to follow...
Are You Waiting For Christmas? For a long time my wife has wanted a giant Christmas card to display in our yard during the holidays. She discussed the project with a local artist friend, but he moved before anything beyond talk ever happened...
Train With Purpose: Pursuing the Best in What We Do In Paul’s letter of advice to his young protégé Timothy, he acknowledges the value of physical training. Even better is training to live a godly life. Physical training has some value, but...
