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There is a crossroads that we all come. Not the one that Robert Johnson sung about but the place where we must make decisions with eternal consequences. We hear the proclamation of the gospel. We hear Christ say, “Follow me.” The call is for a faith of reckless abandonment. “When Christ calls a man,” wrote Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “he bids him come and die.” But what is our response? Matthew tells us of a time when a scribe declared to the Lord his intentions in saying, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go;” but Jesus’ response was, “Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nest, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head” (Matt. 8:18-20). There were crowds following Jesus, but the Lord knew the heart of man, and understood His mission. He would be betrayed and crucified, and while lowly foxes and birds have safe places to rest, Christ and His followers would endure much suffering in days to come. People would reject the Son of Man and Messiah’s followers would likewise ...

Here is my review of Has God Spoken? Proof of the Bible's Divine Inspiration by Hank Hanegraaff.

As I’m reading through Matthew 8, I find there three miracles of Christ grouped together—the healing of a leper (vv.1-4), the healing of a centurion’s servant (vv.5-13), and the healing of Peter’s mother-in-law and the exorcism of multitudes (vv. 14-17). These passages represent the goodness and restoration associated with the ministry of Israel’s long awaited Messiah, featuring the Lord’s concern for the least, lost, and lowly people of the world. Whereas lepers, slaves and women were not considered high on the social strata of the ancient world, Christ found compassion on them, and demonstrated they had intrinsic worth and value in his world through healing them of their infirmities. The first miracle is the healing of a leper. Christ touches a leper, and doing so breaks a social taboo. Here the Lord does not become defiled by touching an unclean leper; instead, the unclean leper is made clean by the Lord’s touch. The one who has been healed is then able to enter back into corporat...

Here's a new blog I wrote on " Literal Interpretations and Reading the Bible for all Its Worth "

Check out this CRI blog on Christian Discernment in Response to the Norwegian Massacre . God bless, Warren

Psalm 19 declares the reality of God can be seen in two ways. One way is through nature. “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork” (v. 1) the psalmist sings. All of nature bears the fingerprints of God. The irreducible complexity of life from microscopic DNA to the macroscopic level of earth being finely tuned and suited for biological life having the right kind of sun to orbit, moon for regulating its seasons, and existing in the “Goldilocks’ Zone” of a spiral galaxy bear witness to Intelligent Designer. One can call this the book of nature and through science we read this book. There is also God’s special revelation found in the Scripture. The Lord has spoken through Moses and the prophets in the Old Testament, and through Jesus Christ and the apostles in the New Testament. People can observe God’s natural revelation and know that He exists; however, it is only through God’s special revelation that people can enter into a personal relationshi...

Here is a recent blog on " The Fact and Fiction of Bruce Chilton’s Mary Magdalene "

Leviticus 19:19 offers the following priestly instruction: “You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.” At first glance, the command does not appear to fit into the rest of the verses, as the most of the surrounding passages, which address violations of a particular morals; however, v. 19 fits well with the overarching principle: “You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy” (v. 2). The prohibition of mixing cattle, seeds, and cloths ultimately had to do with the ceremonial aspects of the Law. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament notes “some mixtures were considered to be reserved for sacred use. The parallel passage in Deuteronomy 22:9-11 makes it clear that this is the issue in Israel as well. The mixture of wool and linen was used in the tabernacle and in the high priest’s out garments, and it was th...