“No one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’” Luke 5:38 Let’s talk wine… Besides the cheap wine I guzzled as a teenager, I know next to nothing about wine. Though an oenophile I’m not, there is something called the Internet from which one might become moderately conversant …
“What should we do?” (Part 3 of 3)
If we have power, we must use it to help the powerless. While John was preaching hot and heavy about what authentic repentance looks like, three groups of people approached him with the same operative question, “What should we do?” Okay, Messiah’s coming and God will judge the unrepentant. His ax is ready for swinging, so …
“What should we do?” (Part 2 of 3)
We’re talking about how John the Baptizer sized up the legitimacy of one’s repentance. Hip deep in the river he preached, “Produce fruit in keeping with repentance!” When three different groups of people came for baptism John gave each of them a litmus test to assess whether or not they’re ready for Messiah’s kingship. First, …
“What should we do?”
John was at the river preaching hard and heavy as always. He called his audience (the religious ones in particular) a bunch of snakes and threatened them with the image of God’s ax leaning up against the tree ready for chopping! Not really your run of the mill prosperity gospel preacher was John! Most of …
A Kinder-Gentler Donald Trump
I’d like to reverse my position on Donald Trump, who has undergone a “conversion” of sorts. I don’t know if you’ve noticed it but he’s a different man since he hired his most recent campaign staff. He displays a clear softening of his former bravado-laden rhetoric and a much more humane approach lately. Let me …
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