Introduction This miracle is not merely a miracle. Verse 11 tells us it is a sign. A sign is something that points to something greater than itself. What Jesus does here is not merely about this wedding; but it’s pointing to something greater. Verse 11 also tells us that in this, Jesus manifested […]
Culture
The Foolishness of Those Who Set Themselves Against the Lord’s Anointed: Psalm 2
Why do the nations rage[a] and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, 3 “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” 4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. 5 Then he will […]
Green New Deal, Same Old Sin
Recently in the United States we have heard talk of a “Green New Deal” that is being rolled out and proposed as new legislation. In fact, it’s not just talk, there is substantive specifics to it, though the specifics are not substantive. As the details of the proposal have been revealed, there is scarce a […]
Christian Hope in the Face of Abortion and Transgenderism
On January 22, 2019 the New York State Senate passed new law on abortion allowing babies to murdered up to birth. I am truly at a loss for words in describing the barbarism and evil that this is, except to say that it is Satanic idol worship to Molech. And that doesn’t feel strong enough. Perhaps the […]
Bonhoeffer on Christian Community
One of my frustrations with my generation of Christians is that there is an unhealthy obsession with this idea of community. It seems many young people are always looking for that perfect type of community in a church, and when a church doesn’t meet their expectations of what Christian community is supposed to look like, […]