In the United States today, some are using the word “diversity” as a pejorative, as if diversity were a bad thing. But from the earliest days of Christianity, diversity was part of God’s plan. In the New Testament, Pentecost is the day the church was born. On that day, Peter Read more…
John 3:16 famously says, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.” In my teenage years, before I became a Christian, Christians would quote John 3:16 and urge me to “just believe” Read more…
I recently watched a video that broke my heart. On the video was a lady who had left the church and embraced atheism because she was disillusioned and disheartened by what her church leaders were teaching about the Gospel. They taught hatred and racism, insisting that Christians must hate people Read more…
Christians talk a lot about the importance of “belief.” After all, perhaps the most famous verse in the New Testament, John 3:16, says, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.” (I Read more…
(I confess that I stole the idea for this blog entry from a sermon by one of my pastors.) I am lousy at praying—at least, that’s what I feel. If I am invited to pray at church or at a family gathering, my mind can go blank, and afterwards I Read more…