Follow the Leader
Are you a leader? If you think of leadership only as a rare spiritual gift (Romans 12:6-8), you’ll likely answer, “No.” Certainly God calls some…
Read MoreAre you a leader? If you think of leadership only as a rare spiritual gift (Romans 12:6-8), you’ll likely answer, “No.” Certainly God calls some…
Read MoreI grew up in a low-income, inner city area in Houston, Texas, and my high school mainly consisted of African-American and Hispanic students. In that…
Read MoreAnd the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of…
Read MoreSomething is always lost in translation. That is a sickening axiom to all who have a sacred book in their non-native tongue. But because it…
Read MoreHave you heard the news? Oxford Dictionaries has selected post-truth as its 2016 Word of the Year. What does this compound word mean? Definition: relating…
Read MoreI am a veterinary epidemiologist. I wake up at 4 a.m. and plod barefoot through my morning routine: Put kettle on, switch off outside lights,…
Read MoreRepublican or Democrat? Conservative or liberal? Cubs or Dodgers? Seahawks or Cowboys? There are countless ways to identify oneself. And though we may not be…
Read MoreThe story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness is one of the most striking and memorable in the New Testament (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12, 13;…
Read MoreThe phrase Christ alone is at the center of the well-known declaration of the sixteenth century Reformers. They based their teachings on God’s justification of…
Read MoreIn preparing for this issue of the Bible Advocate, I read every passage in the Bible about hope. There are scores of them; Scripture is…
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