Mt. Sinai’s Failure Led to Mt. Calvary’s Sacrifice
We all have received God’s wisdom yet rejected it. God’s wisdom descended at Mt. Sinai, and our disobedience to it led him to ascend upon Mt. Calvary.
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The Independence of God
Nothing existed before God, and God needs absolutely nothing to exist to prove his divine nature. The Creator does not require anything from the creation.
Don’t Twist Theology Like the Devil
When God doesn’t behave how we expect or allow what we hope, we desire to make Him more like us. We do not want a God that always agrees with us.
Jesus Didn’t Build the Church on Our Opinions
You can be sincere in your beliefs about God and still be sincerely wrong. If your thoughts about God don’t match His revelation about Himself, then you are misguided.
What a Pink and Purple Stuffed Animal Reminded Me About God
I often struggle with really believing in God’s love for me. I’ve come to grips that God doesn’t love me because I’m lovely, but His love is what transforms me to be more of who I’m supposed to be.
The Chutes and Ladders God
Many people follow the Chutes and Ladders God. We reckon that God depends on our ethical integrity to determine how he should best deal with us.
Only God Can Determine Justice
While we all claim to have a standard of right and wrong, that justification can only come from God. If God exists, and I believe He does, then He is the only one with the right and responsibility to determine what justice is.
The Just Injustice of the Cross
God possesses both lavish extensions of grace and unwavering standards of holiness. These two seemingly competing principles find their peace at the cross, where Jesus takes the just punishment unjustly for our sins.
The Attempt to Remove Divine Authority Creates Moral Anarchy
When a culture tries to rid itself of the notion of God, it finds something more disturbing than authority. Attempting to remove divine authority from our lives actually creates moral anarchy among us.
The Failure of “My Truth”
A culture that defends its beliefs and behaviors on personal ideations of what feels true to an individual is one that is destined to fail. No matter how much “you do you,” you will ultimately have to make an account before God.
Just Because We Are Unreliable Doesn’t Mean That God Is
Along the way, we make God pay for the mistakes of others. For all the people who have proven to be unreliable, we associate their nature with God’s nature. We stare at the promises of God and demand that we receive a deadline of when they will come to pass.
The Grade-on-a-Curve God
After every test taken within the halls of academia, at least one student is praying that the teacher will graciously grade on a curve. Due to a lack of preparation or a believed impossible standard, the student just hopes that enough of his classmates did as poorly as he thought he did that the teacher will be forced to bump …
The Video Screen God
In every arena of our culture, we have grown more accustomed to viewing leaders speak to crowds from video screens. Preachers preach, teachers teach, trainers train, comedians entertain, doctors prescribe, and musicians inspire all from the convenience of a video screen. From the comfortable safety of our devices and the detached nature of their mediums, we have grown accustomed to …
My Birthday Gift [To You]
I am so thankful to be able to celebrate another birthday today. While I know it is customary to receive gifts, I really wanted to give gifts on this day. I first read about the idea when Bilbo Baggins gave everyone gifts at his birthday party in The Fellowship of the Ring. Seems like a great idea! So my gift …
The Permission Seeking God
At every stage of life, we each know the annoying nature of having to ask permission from a higher authority. As a child, we longed for the days when we could eat as many cookies whenever we wanted, ignite fireworks in the most confined of places, and entertain ourselves with whatever mediums that suited our fancy. Those pesky parents were …
The Talent Judge God
The contestant fearfully strolls up to the microphone. Attempting to stay calm and maintain a certain degree of composure only makes her breath quicken more. She couldn’t have practiced more for this moment, but she inwardly panics wondering if it was enough. With the bright lights blinding, she can hear the crowd offering generous applause, but she knows that if …
The Fuddy-Duddy God
You can spot a fuddy-duddy a mile away. Their pants are too high, their shoes are too outdated, their music is too quiet, and their schedule is too lame. Everywhere they go, these old-fashioned fossils just exude a boring traditionalism. As card-toting sticks-in-the-mud, their square conformist mentality flees from anything remotely fun or exciting. Their frowns have been frozen …
The Pollster God
A pollster in our culture is someone who organizes, conducts, and analyzes opinion polls. Due to their research, they can take a cross-section of society, ask some pertinent questions, and provide the rest of the culture with information regarding the leanings of the majority of people polled. In light of this information, many people will acknowledge the trends, adjust their …
Rejecting the Wiki God
Our culture worships the Wiki God. We want ever so desperately to serve a deity whom we have the freedom and capability to edit. Many people are attempting to revise the Christian faith by cutting out what they don’t like, copying favorable ideas from other worldviews, and pasting them into some hopeless attempt at a hybrid faith. How do we …
714 Reasons to Read Wiki God
Wiki God is finally available. It is a book I authored on the attributes of God. Despite the fact that I wrote it, I do think it is a book worth reading. In fact, I have 714 reasons why. As I completed the book, I decided to compile a Scripture index at the back of the book. In the case …
Wiki God [Available Now]
My new book on the attributes of God is available now! I have never poured my soul into a project like I have this one, and I am so eager to share it with you. WIKI GOD available now (https://amzn.to/2VAg0K0) 📖. Wiki is a type of website that allows collaborative editing of its content. Anyone can become an expert on …
Why I Wrote Wiki God
Wiki God is a book that has been a work in progress…a long progress. Here’s why I wrote the book. WIKI GOD available now (https://amzn.to/2VAg0K0) . I began following Jesus when I was seven years old. Like every believer, I’ve had times of encouraging growth and times of glaring apathy. My story has significant milestones along the way that formed me into …
You Really Are a Theologian
As I grew and developed in my faith, I was given the opportunity to lead many small groups. Even as a teenager and collegiate, many people trusted me with the opportunity to open up God’s Word and teach from it to varying degrees of eager learners. Does that scare you? It did me. And it should have scared others. You …
Wiki God Book Overview
I am nearing completion on a book that has been simmering in my soul for years now. It is called Wiki God. The book is my attempt to remedy theological misunderstanding by teaching the biblical attributes of God. It has been a difficult yet rewarding endeavor. While I am in editing mode, I wanted to share the description of the book …