Lighten Up: The Devil Messin’ With Ya

Lighten Up: Don’t Believe It February 20, 2015

Image by Michael Leunig Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Lighten Up: If Every Life is Sacred April 10, 2015

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis

Lighten Up: Jesus Makes Things Hard October 25, 2013

Maybe Mark Driscoll is on to something. I guess Jesus really does want to make someone bleed. ;)

Lighten Up: Learning from Kids January 15, 2016

Our football team in Minnesota (the Vikings) lost in the first round of the playoffs last Sunday in a most heartbreaking way due to a missed field goal. The kicker (Blair Walsh) has had to endure some pretty harsh criticism on social media, which is exactly what you would expect. But then these kids come…

Storming the Gates of Hell October 31, 2016

Jesus said: “I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.” (Mt 16:18) To understand Jesus’ teaching here, there are a few things you should know. First, “Hades” was the standard term for the underworld, which means that Jesus was probably referring to the whole of the Satanic kingdom.…

Atonement: What is the Christus Victor View? January 14, 2019

Most western Christians today understand the atonement as a sort of legal-transaction that took place between the Father and the Son that got humanity “off the hook.” The legal-transaction scenario goes something like this: God’s holiness demands that all sin be punished, which in turn requires that sinners go to eternal hell. The trouble is,…