The issue of slavery and the Bible often comes up, particularly with the question why the Bible does not forbid slavery outright. It is clear there are limits and parameters placed on slavery as the law of Moses had plenty to say about slavery, which was primarily a poverty-alleviating solution that was intended to be…

I was recently asked to comment on a newer method for engaging folk with the gospel. This particular method is a variation of several other methods including the Child Evangelism Fellowship “Wordless Book” that utilizes colors as talking points, Evangelism Explosion’s two diagnostic questions (If you were to die tonight where would you go? and…

This Sunday we will light the fourth candle of Advent—the candle of love. We’ve lit the candle of hope, the candle of peace, and the candle of joy. Advent is a time of waiting. Just as God’s people waited for many years for the coming of the Messiah, so we wait for his return, but…

This Sunday is the third Sunday in Advent. On the first Sunday we focused on hope, the confident waiting for the Lord his people experienced before he came, and the confident waiting for his return we still experience. On the second Sunday we focused on peace, the presence of God’s sense of well-being active in…

This Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent, that season in which we remember the many centuries God’s people waited for his coming and even now, after Christ’s coming, we long for his return—for his Advent. Last Sunday we focused on hope. Hope is the confident expectation that Christ will come, but not in a…