Markings, my notes on the Bible, is now available on this site for your use.  (The New Testament section is current while the Hebrew Scriptures section is still under construction.) This resource began as a set of 3″x5″ cards more...

One of the common themes of this blog is the danger of disconnected doctrine.  The clearest example of this for me comes when grace becomes a doctrine and ceases to be a way of life; such as a sermon on the...

I am looking out my window at our fig tree which is leafing out after winter dormancy.  The new leaves are light green.  Later in the year they will be darker and shiny, but now they gather in the afternoon...

Many years ago my our family inherited a couple of goats, Prudence and Saphire.  We were renting a farmhouse and so we had a space for them to roam about in.  But we needed to purchase some alfalfa hay to...

Somewhere deep inside I have always known that all that I have and all that I am I have received as a gift.  The world is here; it is a given.  My life and my consciousness are givens.  I think...

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...