A key to discipleship, at least as Jesus expresses it in Matthew 28, is teaching people to obey all that Jesus has commanded us.  Our discipleship is expressed, first and foremost, in our lives, in our actions and in our...

I have always felt like I don’t quite fit in.  If I am asked to choose one side of an issue, I often would like to choose both.  If I am asked to position myself on a spectrum, I generally...

A few years ago I heard a sermon explaining and defending and promoting the theological doctrine of grace, salvation by grace alone.  That sermon was anything but gracious.  The preacher’s point was that unless you believe that a person can...

As I continue to study the life of Jesus of Nazareth I am beginning to see how his thought and teaching and life reflect a third type of consistency, —not only scriptural and internal—a living consistency.  The example that comes most...