You should observe Lent because Jesus is worthy of worship. Let me explain. At several points in the book of Judges we’ve seen various individuals with a transactional understanding of God’s mercy and grace. This was seen most profoundly with Jephthah. Seeking to gain something from the Lord, he demonstrated his profound zeal and commitment…

It’s a question that can be difficult to answer because the answer is so very contrary to popular imagination: where did the Bible come from? How did Christians determine these 66 books are inspired Scripture and the books not included in the Bible are not inspired Scripture? In his book “The DaVinci Code” Dan Brown…

We’re hearing a lot today about “the rule of law”, which reminds me how different the Ancient Near Eastern understanding of “law” was from our own. In fact, we are closer to the understanding of the Jews in the first century than the Jews in the first century were to their ancestors just 500 years…

As Christians we know what Scripture says: God has demonstrated his love for us in a profound way, for “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). That is, God has definitively proven his love for us. Even though we were sinners, that is,…

In a recent article we saw Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army, go to Samaria for a healing from the Lord. Though he worshiped other gods and though he had brought harm to God’s people, including capturing a young girl as a slave for his wife, the young girl’s faith in the Lord was…