7 Theories of the Atonement Summarized

The nature of the Atonement has been a study for me over the last few years. After having my world turned upside by Dr. C. Baxter Kruger in his book, Jesus and the Undoing of Adam, I have not been able to […]

Who Killed Jesus?

Jesus was not murdered. He offered up His life freely for the sake of humanity. No one took His life, He gave it away. But the question remains, even if Jesus did offer up His life, to whom did He […]

On Eastern Orthodoxy

I’ll be honest, I’ve been looking for an excuse to use this picture in a post here since I took it. It’s a stunning vertical panorama shot with my iPhone, which I admit is far from professional, but I love it. […]

10 Accomplishments of the Cross

Thursday I began a series of articles (and a video) on Easter. I began by expressing what I feel are the ten ways we should rethink Easter. Today, on Easter sunday, in order to conclude this series here are 10 accomplishments […]

10 Ways We Should Rethink Easter

Tomorrow we celebrate Good Friday, and with it the very heart of the Gospel: the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. I want to present ten ways that we should think differently about Easter this year. In doing […]

Holy Week Meditation: The Love Dream of God

What drove Jesus to the cross? In the stunning words of St. Catherine: You, high eternal Trinity, acted as if You were drunk with love, infatuated with Your creature.. Love. Jesus became a man, lived a life within our fallen […]

Legal Gospel – C. Baxter Kruger

The gospel typically preached by modern evangelicals begins with the statement that God is holy (holy in the legal sense). The human race has fallen into sin and is guilty before God. Since God is holy, He cannot allow sin […]

Sorry, but Jesus Wasn’t a White Guy.

“The scholarly consensus is actually that Jesus was, like most first-century Jews, probably a dark-skinned man.” (Source) Sorry Charlie, but Jesus wasn’t a white guy from Utah. He wasn’t an American individualist. He came from the middle eastern country of Israel, […]