Some secularists today are so opposed to religion – and biblical Christianity in specific – that they accuse biblical Christians of being oppressors. They cite the Crusades of the 11th and 12th centuries and the pro-slavery Christians of the American South as example. I think we should admit that they are correct to criticize the…
In 2016 I attended a conference on real estate investing and the presenter mentioned that he took $50 from his tenants’ rent and put it aside as a gift toward the down payment on their future home. I thought: I love that. I could do that for inner city renters. I had few handyman skills,…
Part 3 of the “Flood” blog series Last week in the sermon series “Flood” I began to discuss ways the Holy Spirit works in us. The first way is traditionally referred to as “regeneration”, and it means to receive a new life in the family of God. Here’s how Paul describes that experience in Romans…