There's a distinction between two religious offices of the Old Testament we need to be clear on. This will help us to properly understand the Old and the New Testaments, and it will clear up some of the confusion people have as we live out our faith in the 21st century.
This week I'd like to share some articles I think you'll find helpful or edifying.
I put on an old pair of jeans and was informed that they are fashionable. I've never been in style before, so I'm not entirely sure how to feel about that. Moreover, my daughter will happily adopt them if I'll part with them. Apparently "distressed dad chic" is a thing. I might let her wear them just to see how she plans to keep them up.
Fashions in dress come and go and sometimes come back. Bell bottoms made a brief return, and somehow mullets came back in style. Fashions in sin do the same. Every generation is prone to some sins more than others, and they usually don't even notice.
Bible reading isn't Bible study. Simply moving your eyes across the page is an important part of the process, but it's as different from Bible study as walking on the beach is from hunting buried treasure. But "Bible study" doesn't necessarily mean inductive Bible study, either. There are a variety of ways we can dig deeper into the scriptures. I want to share an unusual commentary that demonstrates ten different approaches to studying the Bible.
Old heresies never die. They always return repackaged with a new name, a new face. And occasionally someone puts a new spin on one. "You must become a Jew to be saved" was the first error the church confronted. But what would you say to someone who tells you, "Only Jews needed to be saved"?
An insidious disease threatens to worm its way back into Christianity. It has come and gone repeatedly over the centuries. Every time we think it's cured, there's a relapse. What can we say to the infected? Let's look at what should be the most astoundingly obvious statement in history: Jesus was Jewish.
This week I offer some interesting content from across the interwebs.
People can be horrible. As the apostle said, they are "foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures." They spend their lives "in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another." This is the natural state of fallen mankind. So how do we deal with living among them?
This time of year we see a lot of "books of the year" lists. I hate to say it, but there wasn't much that really wowed me lately. That's why when I asked myself, "What was the best book I read last year?", my mind went straight to this one book. And since it's self-improvement season, I figured this was a good time to share it with you.
