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Christmas – Bah, Humbug?
Don’t get me wrong. I love Christmas. I really do. I love the trees, decorations, the lights, the music and presents. However, those are the trappings of Christmas, and even non-Christians will send cards with the Madonna on them and buy a Nativity set because gosh, isn’t it cute? In fact, one of the reasons that I don’t really care if someone tells me “Merry Christmas” or not is because Christmas has become a largely secular holiday. And I sure as heck don’t care if Starbucks leaves off reindeer and snowflakes off its red cups, because what the heck do reindeer and snowflakes have to do with the Nativity? Absolutely…
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Got the Doctorate!
I am so happy to announce that I’ve been awarded the Doctorate of Ministry from my seminary, Biblical Life College and Seminary. The doctorate comes on top of my Masters in Biblical Studies, which I got approximately a million years ago from Fuller Seminary. I’ve moved my posts from my long-time Christian website to this one. Going forward, I’ll keep publishing my Bible studies and blog entries and also give you more information about my books and upcoming speaking events. Thanks be to God!
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The Way Home
udithawix / Foter / CC BY As Christians, our lives are a journey, a journey towards home. It’s no accident that world literature is filled with the concept of the journey – everything from The Odyssey to stories in Grimm’s Fairy Tales to The Lord of the Rings. The great journeys in the Bible include Abraham and Moses, and also Paul’s missionary journeys. We all should think about these great journeys, and compare them to our own journeys home. And what is our final home, our destination? Heaven. You should start with a reminder of Who is with us on our Journey, and I was listening to Tina Turner last…