General Articles
The Power to Loose and Bind (Part 1)
Matthew 16:13-20 (KJV) 13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the...
The Error of Nadab and Abihu
Leviticus 8:36 (KJV) 36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. Leviticus 8:36, shown above, sets the precedent for the grievance of Nadab and Abihu that occurs in chapter ten. Everything about the Tabernacle,...
Satan, the Nameless?
He is known as a spiritual being who, upon revolting against his heavenly station, rose up against the sovereignty of Almighty God and was subsequently hurled down like lightening to the earth (Luke 10:18). This well-known viewpoint, heralded by the greatest of...
Betwixt and Between: Liminality and Spiritual Formation
I like to call this the Theology of Process (not to be confused with the Process Theology of Philosophy). As I disciple and teach others, this idea has become one of my most avid lessons; something that must be conquered in all of us. We must, as I express in a phrase my students can now quote in their sleep, become stewards of the process. While I appreciate miraculous instants such as, “let there be light and there was light,” these spontaneous, miraculous instants are not the standard by which God typically works within the realm of humanity. I
Context is Everything: The Spirit of the Prophet is Subject to the Prophet
Today, with almost a tad of reluctance, I will navigate through the waters of contextual error once again. Why reluctance? Well, the contextual dilemma that we confront today is one that has been utilized in various and sundry fashions but, for the most part, has been...
An Article that Requires Vision, not Sight
Let’s consider a fluid word this morning. By fluid, I mean a word whose definition often changes based upon its user. The versatility or fluidity of this word often finds its demise somewhere between the articulation and interpretation that occurs between the caster...