by Stuart | 5 Jul 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
On night, about twenty years ago, the church landline rang after one evening at our missions conference. On the other end of the line was a man from the community who wanted a “father” to come and bless his house because he was convinced that his home and family were...
by Stuart | 2 Jul 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
In 1995, Joan Osborne burst onto the musical world stage with her wildly popular debut single One of Us.The song touches on various aspects of theism and how the listener might relate to God. Would the listener call God by name, if he had one? Would the listener want...
by Stuart | 1 Jul 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
A 2007 CNN article focused on a “new” medical focus known as “age management.” The article cites the website of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, which speaks of “the arcane, outmoded stance that aging is natural and inevitable.” The Academy is in the...
by Stuart | 30 Jun 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
Psalm 48 portrays Jerusalem, the city of God, as a fortress for God’s people (vv. 1–3). We do not know the precise setting of the psalm, but the writer describes a time when a formidable army besieged the city to overthrow it. The attack did not last long, however,...
by Stuart | 29 Jun 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
Last year, I read The Myth of Christian Persecution by English academic and theologian Candida Moss. Her premise is that the infant church invented a narrative of systemic Christian persecution, which was only reversed after the conversion of Emperor Constantine early...
