TO THE NATIONS/THROUGH THE NATIONS

This is a talk which I gave at Calvary Mennonite Church during worship on Sunday, December 30, 2018. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.  Matthew 24: 14 9 After this I looked,...

HOW IS THAT GOOD NEWS?

 Luke 1: 7John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you...

BECAUSE OF YOUR SHARING IN THE GOSPEL

Philippians 1::3 I thank my God every time I remember you, 1:4 constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, 1:5 because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. 1:6 I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work...

“SAME MOTHER, SAME FATHER”

“Our Father, who art in heaven….” Ba kelen, fa kelen” Fill in the blank: I first began to understand, or accept, that I was an adult when….” Let me tell you about when Sibiri first knew and embraced his adulthood. Sibiri is a common male name in much...

WHAT WE SHOULD BE DEBATING

What follows below is an essay I submitted to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune in 2013, in response to a series of essays for and against evolution and creationism, on the terms usually staked out in the debate pitting science against the Bible. It was not printed, by the...