And with that he breathed on them and said, Receive the Holy Spirit.   This verse is from John 20:22.  Yes - John's Gospel.  This is one of those verses that just makes you want to ask, "What is going on here?  Didn't that happen later?  Wasn't that in Acts?  On Pentecost?"  ...

Let the dead bury the dead.  What does that even mean?  How can one dead person bury another one?  Actually, the more common translation is "let the dead bury their own dead".  But still - we're not talking a horror movie here.  This is a quote from the Bible.  From ...

Becoming a Christian is easy.  You know - say the sinner's prayer and voila, you're a Christian.  Or so we're often told.  But, saying "I'm a Christian", or being told, "You're a Christian" - does that really make someone a "real" Christian?  No, it doesn't.  Being a real Christian isn't ...

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away.  It's a pretty common saying.  It's most likely to be used when something bad happens.  Like it's supposed to make people feel better.  And it might actually accomplish that goal - if it was told correctly.  It's like the old thing about ...

Have you ever heard of a Grown-again Christian?  Me neither. But the Apostle Paul did. "But for right now, friends, I’m completely frustrated by your unspiritual dealings with each other and with God. You’re acting like infants in relation to Christ, capable of nothing much more than nursing at the ...

And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.  This tells of a time when we won't cry anymore.  Will this be the greatest miracle in the Bible?  Maybe that depends.  For instance - who is being talked about here.  Who's eyes are their eyes?  And what does wipe ...

Is liberal Christianity signing its own death warrant?  That question was from 2012.  Maybe a better question for today is whether Christianity is signing its own death warrant - liberal or otherwise.  However, I think the best question is can Christianity sign its own death warrant ...

But let's look beyond just confidence in organized religion.  If you have little to no confidence in your church, you probably won't be involved there.  And for sure - if your not involved in your church - you will be saving Nobody's soul in that church ...

Lots of people know the story of the Prodigal Son. Even many non-Christians. But what of his brother? In Luke's Gospel, the parable of the Prodigal (lost) Son is 22 verses. Only five of them are about the "other" brother. I can't help but wonder though ...

Search me, know my heart, test me. Who would ever say these things? Do you say them? Maybe you should. Ps 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. That's from Psalms. So if you're a Christian, you should be asking this ...