n this series (here’s part one), we’re taking a look at the theology that is all around us. We’re zeroing in on “slogans,” short sayings, that people lean upon to give their lives meaning and structure and coherence. In these short articles, we’re deconstructing these slogans in order to “dismantle strongholds” (2 Cor. 10:4). We

In 2016, I officiated the marriage ceremony of my son, Jake, and his bride, Christa. In one part of the sermon I emphasized the permanent nature of the union. Here's an excerpt... In marriage, God is joining one man and one woman together for life, because marriage is God’s design and

In June Liverpool Football Club won the Champions League – soccer’s biggest domestic club trophy. It is worth millions of dollars, and the final game draws huge numbers of viewers - approximately 400 million worldwide. To put it in perspective the Super Bowl figures amassed under half that amount.

The church, an institution whose existence transcends present history, struggles to offer its members its own chief good: transcendence. The church is not made by men. It was not created by an agency. It has no earthly origin. The church is the brainchild of God. The church has existence for one and only reason: God dreamed it into being. God