Today is Sunday and many who love God will worship him today. But why? Because that’s what we’re supposed to do Because we like the music and it uplifts us Because the Bible says to Because it gives us joy when we do it right Out of...
Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption By Katie Davis, with Beth Clark (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) From all appearances, Katie Davis was a typical all-American high school student: homecoming queen, class president, lots of...
In the last post, we talked about the disciple Simon, who Jesus named Peter. I only know of one person called Peter in the Bible, but there are several guys named Simon: Simon Peter (the disciple) Simon the Zealot (another disciple, which may be...
One of Jesus’ disciples was Simon, who Jesus renamed Peter. According to the Amplified Bible, Peter means “stone” or “a large piece of rock.” Sometimes the Bible refers to him as Simon (47 times) and other times...
Go To Church, Change the World: Christian Community as Calling By Gerald J. Mast (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) Despite a trend to the contrary, the premise of Gerald Mast’s book Go To Church, Change the World is that church involvement is not a...
When God needed to turn Saul’s life around, he used a supernatural light, an unseen voice, and temporary blindness to get Saul’s attention (Acts 9:3-9). Some time later, Saul (Paul), under the power of the Holy Spirit, did the same...
In reading the book of Acts in the Bible we learn about a badly misguided dude named Saul who turns his life around and later goes by the name of Paul. When did this name change take place? If you say his name changed when he stopped killing...
Kingdom Journeys: Rediscovering the Lost Spiritual Discipline By Seth Barnes (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) Seth Barnes begins Kingdom Journeys by relating one of his own – a journey both physical and spiritual – one he first took as a 20-something...
In my last post, Three People Given a New Name by God, we looked at God renaming people to give them a new identity. Today we will consider the opposite: people whose names were changed in order to strip away their identity. I’m talking...
In the book of Genesis, God gives new names to three people. In doing so, God is effectively saying, I’m giving you a new identity. You may see yourself according to your old name, but I see you differently. I’m giving you a new name...
