You know the song. You may not have listened to it on purpose but there’s a reason the original video on YouTube has more than sixteen billion views. According to YouTube it is the most-watched video of all time. It is, in every sense, a viral video. If you heard even a brief clip of…

Recently Senator Ted Cruz was interviewed by Tucker Carlson. In that interview the Senator claimed we—the United States—have a biblical responsibility to support the modern nation of Israel. Carlson asked pointedly where this was in Scripture. When Senator Cruz admitted he didn’t know the exact reference Carlson interjected it’s found in Genesis 12 (“I will…

Last Sunday was Father’s Day. As a church we’ve chosen to not recognize and honor anyone but Jesus during our worship services. (If you’d like to know more, see this article.) Still, many of us celebrated Father’s Day that afternoon. For many, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are a joy and a delight, whether for…

So often we read the Bible and the stories can feel like, well, stories. Because it is history it’s easy to disconnect from the events emotionally and forget these were real events experienced by real people with real families and real struggles and real emotions. When we dig a little deeper we can begin to…