ORDER FROM CHAOS

ORDER FROM CHAOS

This is part three of a 7-part series on the sacred/secular divide. Last week we started down the Genesis 1 path and ended in Revelation 5:9-10. In Genesis 1:26, we saw that we were to have dominion over everything on the earth. Two verses later, in Genesis 1:28, He...
WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE?

WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE?

This is part two of a 7-part series on the sacred/secular divide. We are taking a deep dive into the “Sacred/Secular Divide” and probing it for lies. A helpful starting question is: “What is our purpose?” That can help us discover what we should be focused spending...
JETLAG FAITH

JETLAG FAITH

What Jesus calls us to do by faith sort of feels like experiencing jetlag. Jetlag occurs when you travel by plane to a time zone far away from your own and your experience of what time it is no longer matches what your mind and body expect it to be. Now Similarly,...
WHY ARE WE HERE?

WHY ARE WE HERE?

30,000-foot View Genesis chapters 1 and 2 cause us to ask, “Why are we here?” This is an important question to answer for any Philosophy 101 class, and we are going to tackle it right now. Our most common answer for this question comes from the Westminster...
ECCLESIASTES: MARANATHA

ECCLESIASTES: MARANATHA

This is part 16 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes. If Jesus has come to make ALL things new (Revelation 21:5), by extension that means ALL things, right? We often treat “ALL things” as only the human soul. When we launch people overseas just for...
ECCLESIASTES: BREVITY

ECCLESIASTES: BREVITY

This is part 15 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes. Qoheleth (Solomon) has used the term “under the sun” 26 times to indicate that we are under a curse. He used the word “hebel” more than 35 times. Everything is out of balance under the sun. Some...