Posts from April 2023

Have you ever stepped on an old ant pile and watched it come to life? Millions of the tiny terrors emerge in an instant and start repairing their home. Holes are reopened. Structures rebuilt. Tunnels dug. It’s the hustle and bustle of taking care of what needs to be done. That’s what our University family has been like for the last couple of weeks Focal Point is coming, and many workers have come out of the woodwork to get things…

It signaled a seismic shift in world history, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation” (Gen. 12:1-2). With those words, God called his people— the children of Abraham—out of the world. The rest of the Old Testament chronicles the nation’s struggle for righteousness. God’s chosen nation was called Israel and it faced many trials. It endured slavery, rebellion, listlessness,…

As the first century was coming to a close all of the New Testament books were completed except for the Johannine corpus. His writings were likely not produced until 85-96. By then some uninspired writings started appearing as well. While not inspired, these early writings paint a picture of the church at the end of the first century and beginning of the second century. Some writers appear to be trying to shape the church or steer it in new directions.…

A couple of years ago, Don Lemon, a journalist and CNN news anchor, appeared on The View, a daytime talk show. The interview welcomed Lemon into an arena of adoring fans where they discussed his book on race relations and his thoughts about the Catholic Church not blessing same sex marriage since he is a practicing homosexual married to another man. Lemon’s foray into theology revealed both his arrogance and ignorance to a degree seldom seen before. Lemon crossed the…