I was reading through Jeremiah 2:1-19 the other day, and if I was to write a summary of what’s going on, I would have to say that in the past, Israel loved, lived for, and followed God. [Continue Reading…]
In my 15 or so years experience with Youth Ministries, I have come to realize that there are 2 main types of Youth Ministries: Packing snow ministries, and Powdered snow ministries (please keep in mind, I’m [Continue Reading…]
While interning at a Chicago church, I received a phone call during a church potluck from a young man with a lot of questions and complaints about Christianity. In the midst of our conversation, I asked [Continue Reading…]
In reference of Israel, Paul asked in Romans 11:11-32, “Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel [Continue Reading…]
When I woke up one morning, I felt the burden of failure within the Christian Body to express love to one another, and also to our neighbors. Instead of Christians being as one, as the [Continue Reading…]
I love the ways that Jesus would teach. One way in particular was that He would ask questions that sparked people’s interest. For instance, in Mark 12:35-40, Jesus was in the Temple Courts, when He [Continue Reading…]
Hey Andy, when having discussions with different people about the Bible, I hear people say things like, “Our human brains are too small to truly understand what God means.” But can that be true? Look [Continue Reading…]
I read a study recently (sorry, can’t find the link) that said a huge number of Christians today don’t know the Bible, nor do they believe it’s important to. This wasn’t surprising for me to [Continue Reading…]
Hey Andy, it seems that whenever anyone quotes from the Bible, it is automatically out of context, or that whatever the Bible says, Christians just believe the opposite. For example, It says homosexuality is wrong [Continue Reading…]
What did Jesus mean when He said to Simon, “you are Peter”? Was He really building the church upon him? Matthew 16:13-19 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, [Continue Reading…]
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