Today, November 2nd, is one of the more obscure days in our contemporary calendar. Of course, we are all familiar with Halloween, or All Hallow’s Eve, as it is sometimes called and many of us are also familiar with November…
Embracing Change Through Faith
For more than fifteen years, since I finished my Masters of Divinity (MDiv.) degree prior to beginning my doctoral work, I have been concerned about losing the Greek that I had studied for three years in school. I also took…
There are a number of words that have complex definitions and people end up arguing about which one is the correct one. But in truth, many words do have several legitimate definitions. When I was in seminary, Dr. Branine, the…
For the past fifty years that Janet and I have been married, our number one nuisance has been damage from water in our homes. So Janet knew something was wrong when I ran upstairs yesterday morning and let her know…
Grace is one of those words that we banter about yet there are a number of definitions that sometimes don’t all seem to line up. When I was in seminary, Dr. Branine taught us a very simple definition of grace…