Category Archives: Philosophy

As Paul winds down the letter to the Romans, in the last two chapters 15 & 16, you begin to see his heart for the people on a deeper level. The teaching in the early chapters is so solid, so robust, so thorough, that you may think Paul is just a massive brain, a manContinue reading “Romans (entry 16)”

I find it interesting that Paul goes through such great lengths to explain the Gospel and all that it entails, then as he’s wrapping things up, he starts to address matters of food and holidays. When I was younger, I thought it was a bit odd. Didn’t understand it. Felt like a waste of timeContinue reading “Romans (entry 15)”

Compared to all of the previous chapters, chapter 13 seems to be a quick, straight to the point message. As I read it, Paul was summarizing three things: Be a good citizen. Love other people as well as you do yourself. Be up and awake to what God is doing. Do those three things well,Continue reading “Romans (entry 14)”

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life– your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life– and place it before God as an offering. Isn’t that powerful? Can you imagine doing that every single day of your life? For the past 17 years, I have. Not perfectly, butContinue reading “Romans (entry 13)”

One morning this week, I took the dogs out to pee. As they were doing their business, I looked up at the dark, star-lit sky. There, in that moment, I saw one of the wildest sights. It looked like stars moving in a perfect line, in total unison, at a steady speed. First, I rubbedContinue reading “Romans (entry 12)”

In Paul’s discourse on the state of the Jews, he uses another line to describe them, which is really true of all of us at some point or another. He says, “After all these years of refusing to really deal with God on his terms, insisting instead on making their own deals, they have nothingContinue reading “Romans (entry 11)”