Today Is the Epiphany January 6, 2010 Today, January 6 is the Epiphany (Greek ????????? “manifestation”). On this date the Christian church celebrates God’s appearing and manifesting Himself to man in the person of Jesus Christ. On this day, we mark the visitation of the Biblical Magi to the child Jesus. 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in… Read More
My Increasing Sense of Cultural Angst January 3, 2010 As a Christian I increasingly feel disconnected from my own culture. A brief word of explanation before I continue. The technical terminology E-1, E-2, and E-3 is used to differentiate the cultural distance across which evangelism occurs . E-1 (evangelism one) refers to monocultural evangelism. Both E-2 and E-3 involve cross-cultural evangelism, with E-3 crossing… Read More
The Importance of Obeying without Understanding January 3, 2010 Today is the second Sunday following Christmas. Were Jesus actually born on December 25th (scholars believe the actual date of His birth would most likely have been in the middle of April of 6 BC) he would be nine days old and recovering from the wounds of His circumcision. 21 And at the end of… Read More
The Urgency of Time January 1, 2010 Welcome to the second decade of the twenty-first century! Much has changed over the past two millenniums, yet Jesus’ life, death and resurrection still have changed all time. The church recognized this truth and began to mark time from his birth. The current system for marking years from Jesus’ birth was devised in 525 by… Read More
A Christmas Musing: Shine your Light! December 24, 2009 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life… Read More