One of the things I think we have all noticed in reading Paul’s Letter to the Romans is a kind of divisiveness. Paul is very concerned to draw distinctions, such as those who live according to the Flesh as opposed to the Spirit. We see something similar in the language of the Matthew passages we have been following. Especially in …
What I Meant to Say Was… Hell Edition
I know I talked a lot on Sunday. I’m sorry. My hope is that we will continue to unpack a lot of it over the next few weeks. And, really, I’m clearly not that sorry because I’m about to say some more stuff I didn’t get to on Sunday. As many of you know, I love to talk about hell. …
Come, Ye Sinners
I lamented in church last Sunday that I miss the altar call. Certainly, it is damaging in a lot of ways. However, what I like about it is it puts a person to a decision. If Jesus is, in the words of theologian Schubert Ogden, the decisive re-presentation of God in that the words and works of Jesus put a …