From Heat to Light: Transforming the Heat of Cultural Controversy Into the Light of Spiritual Growth
We’re in a new season in American Christianity, with unprecedented heat falling upon believers. With it I’m now announcing a new season of equipping here at Thinking Christian. I’m titling it “From Heat to Light: Transforming the Heat of Cultural Controversy Into the Light of Spiritual Growth.“ My first...
Season 2, Episode 1: What Easter Tells Us About Moving from Cultural Conflict to Spiritual Transformation
Heat to Light: Moving from Cultural Conflict to Spiritual Transformation That’s the theme of Season 2 of the Thinking Christian podcast, opening on Easter weekend with a focus on Jesus, not only his death but with surprising relevance, even his birth! See the accompanying blog post here: “From Heat...
Forget the Myths, Ignore the Hype; Here’s What We Really Know About Jesus’ ‘Missing Years’
I’ll bet you missed this in the post-election brouhaha: “Christmas” began for Hindus with their Divali celebration in November. It fits for them because Jesus is the son of Brahman, one of their avatars (divine incarnations), the son of (Brahman). He spent six of his “missing” years in India,...
Jesus is Greater Than You Knew (Video)
Video message, from The River Church in Liberty Township, Ohio: Jesus is greater than you knew!...
Does Too Good to be False Make the Muslims’ Mistake, ‘It’s Perfect, So It Must Be From God’?
Most people responding to Too Good to be False so far have been Christians telling the surprise and delight they’ve experienced in it by seeing Jesus in a new light. There’s more to it than that, though, in Part 2, where I build on this fresh view of Jesus,...
Skeptics, Explain This, Please: Who Wrote Jesus’ Character, and How?
Who wrote Jesus’ character into the Gospels? How’d they do it? Skeptics treat this as if it were easy, and if that question had an easy answer. They’ve got a lot of catching up to do. I say this by way of answering Bob Seidensticker’s third post of four....
Disappointing: Seidensticker’s Atheist Critique Not Even Semi-Serious After All
It’s strange. You’d think an atheist as sure of himself as Bob Seidensticker would be more serious about it. Last week he blogged the question, “How Good Was Jesus if He Didn’t Eliminate Slavery?” I answered by explaining how the the principles Jesus’ taught cut every leg out from...
Episode 11: To Be Surprised Again by Jesus’ Birth
Is it possible to be surprised all over again by the story of Jesus’ birth? Believe it or not, yes! Sure, it’s just September, but we’re taking things in order as we walk through the Gospel of Luke to discover the extraordinary again in Jesus’ life, ministry, and teachings....
Episode 10: Jesus’ Birth, and the Expectation of the Extraordinary
How can we ever hope to relate to a God as great as our God? I’ve asked myself that question and found my hope in Jesus, who came to be one of us. He himself, the hope of Israel, the hope of all the nations, is extraordinary beyond any...
