Are You a Good Samaritan? Helping Our Neighbors Should Be More Important Than Following Religious Rules A man comes up to Jesus. The guy’s an expert in Jewish law. Today we might call him a theologian. He asks Jesus a question, “What should I do...
Retail Religion Takes Us Down the Wrong Path Too Many People Are Spiritual Consumers Who Pursue a Retail Religion This idea of receiving services influences our church selection process. Seldom do people look for a church that gives them the...
Put God First: Don’t Lose Sight of What Matters Most Too often we place our personal needs over what God is at work doing When Jesus’s friend Lazarus dies, Jesus goes to were the man is interred and, with a dramatic flair, raises him from the...
Avoid Suffering Needlessly For Our Faith Religious persecution is real for many people, but some people needlessly bring opposition upon themselves In many parts of the world religious oppression is an everyday reality that affects adherents’...
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...
Why Do We Do What We Do in Our Faith Practices? I have a compulsion that irritates people, especially in religious circles. I ask, “Why?” I need to know why we do the things we do. What reason is behind them? Is there a biblical justification? Or...
Don’t Drive God Away In the eighth chapter of Ezekiel, God takes the prophet to Jerusalem to see the area around the temple. Each place God takes him, Ezekiel looks and sees the people doing things God abhors. God says he’ll drive them from his...
An increasing number of people say that they are “spiritual but not religious.” For some this is merely a trendy thing to say, but beyond making them sound hip and appear insightful, it is an empty platitude. For others, claiming to...
Much of my life I have struggled with going to church. It’s not that I’ve been in a crisis of faith, but more a crisis of religion—or, as some would call it, religiosity. Church attendance has not been faith confirming for me as much...
Welcome to Pursuing Biblical God Welcome to “Pursuing Biblical God,” a conversation about spirituality from a biblical perspective. Here’s some thoughts to get our party started: I’m spiritual, but not religious.That’s a trendy thing...
