For the stranger that stumbles onto this, let me clear up several biases right away. I was homeschooled right up through high school, stayed at home until college (when I lived with my grandparents), and have other post-school siblings still living at home. Also homeschooled, if that is not apparent. And I have not regularly attended any kind of church Read More

In the Bible, the word we have as “church” is an assembly or group. Who is gathered together, and why? By inference, the church assembly is a gathering of Christians, beleivers in the person, work, and teachings of Jesus Christ. By instruction, they are gathered to encourage, admonish, and exhort [ed.] one another. Now this could hardly be a perfect Read More

One aspect of 2 Corinthians that emerged as new to me is the comfort that it offers for believers distraught in their relationship with people, perhaps especially other believers. In the first half of the epistle, as Paul lays out the intent of his first letter, he explains that he has not lost all confidence in the Corinthians, and that Read More

I think I am starting to repeat beyond seemliness that I have enough money to buy anything I want. Please don’t come begging for little scraps of my great wealth, because this statement is just a flashy cocktail of propaganda, self-delusion, and catechism. In other words, it’s not true. For one thing, I know that as soon as you buy Read More