Do You Believe in Miracles? Consider How the Example of the Early Church Can Inform Our Actions Today What is your perspective on miracles and supernatural signs? I’m talking about the things we read about in the Bible, especially the New...
Do You Go To an Acts 2 Church? I recently visited a church that upheld Acts 2:42-47 as their model for church. Shocked, I checked the passage to make sure I remembered it correctly. Here is what the Acts 2 church looks like: Their Four Keys The...
What Did Jesus Do? Move from asking “What Would Jesus Do?” to asking “What Did Jesus Do?” The phrase “What Would Jesus Do?” was popularized in the 1990s. Often epitomized by colorful bracelets that bore the acronym WWJD, the concept was intended...
Have You Run Out of Wine? A Metaphor of God’s Provision Last weekend, my wife and I attended a wedding. The minister reminded us of when Jesus was at a wedding, too. In his first recorded miracle, Jesus doesn’t address a big need, such as healing...
We Often Criticize What We Don’t Understand Once Jesus drove a demon out of a man. The man had been mute, but when the evil spirit was exorcized, he began speaking. The people should have been in awe of the power Jesus displayed. They were...
Bookends to the Desert Experience After the Israelites left Egypt, God gave them a 40-year timeout in the desert. This was because of their lack of trust in his pledge to provide for them as they entered into the land he promised. This meant that...
There’s More to Discover in the Bible Check out these books of the Bible, which are not found in all versions, but are in others, such as The Jerusalem Bible: Tobit is a story of Tobiah who journeys with Raphael to retrieve some money for his...
The End of John the Baptist John (referred to as John the Baptizer) was Jesus’ cousin and a couple of months older. John preceded Jesus in ministry, pointing people to Jesus. John did his work admirably and without fault, albeit amidst criticism...
Miracles and an Ant Farm If you accept that God exists and exercises providential care over his creation, it is, therefore, reasonable to expect that from time to time, miracles will occur—either for our own good or for his pleasure. As such, an...
Book Review: Miracle Workers, Reformers, and the New Mystics Miracle Workers, Reformers, and the New Mystics By John Crowder (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) The subtitle of this book serves as an apt description of what to expect: “How to Become Part...
