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if only I had an enemy greater than my apathy I would have won.
-Mumford and Sons, I Gave You All
Created 2 months ago
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now is the time
Jesus declares that judgment on the world coincides with his own symbolic and propitiating death -how does this influence our views on sun and judgment? Do our churches teach a gospel of "sin management"…
Created over 1 year ago
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Stumbling into Battle
Joshua's strategy in overtaking Canaan would seem quite out of place stacked next to much of the church growth literature available to pastors and church leaders today: given the charge to "be strong…
Created about 3 years ago
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Unsafe Sex
There's a dynamic tension between the people Israel sleeps with and her spirituality. Would God's definition of safe sex include a spirituality component?
Created about 3 years ago
Numbers 25:4 (ASV), Numbers 25:5 (ASV), Numbers 25:6 (ASV), Numbers 25:7 (ASV), Numbers 25:8 (ASV), Numbers 25:9 (ASV)
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True Encouragement
A new friend of mine, who has undergone some rather difficult, yet admittedly deserved, public scrutiny, shared these verses as an encouragement to me. Having undergone some far less visible crises, I'm…
Created about 3 years ago
Philippians 1:9 (ASV), Philippians 1:10 (ASV), Philippians 1:11 (ASV)
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Ears Made Deaf By Sorrow
Israel did not listen to Moses' hopeful prophecy of deliverance because it didn't line up with their present reality. In what ways do we shape our theologies to explain our circumstances, instead of framing…
Created over 3 years ago
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Ted and Me
http://www.oharaville.com/post/74096591/ted-and-me (http://www.oharaville.com/post/74096591/ted-and-me) My thoughts on the dynamics of church leadership, scandal and restoration
Created over 3 years ago
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Love and Sacrifice
Perhaps our soteriology (how salvation works) can obscure the nature of its' very soul: a God who loves, and calls his subjects to love as he does. When Abraham obeyed Yahweh, he was placing his and…
Created over 3 years ago
