Between the Trees

He who hung the earth is hanging.
He who fixed the heavens in place has been fixed in place.
He who laid the foundations of the universe has been laid on a tree.
The master has been profaned.
God has been murdered…
But He rose up from the dead
and mounted up to the heights of heaven.
When the Lord hath clothed [...]

New column at the DN. It’s about trying to honestly reflect on resurrection in light of the horrifying number of recent mass shootings specifically and the existence of evil more broadly.

If you’re like me, you grew up in a more or less dispensational church and you heard about the rapture almost every Sunday. You were likely exhorted to evangelize based on fear of the rapture or live a holier life based on fear of the rapture. And if you’re like me, after awhile it started [...]

Last year I was attending a workshop at the L’Abri conference in which Jerram Barrs shared the above quote that a child had said after one of Jerram’s workshops on children’s literature.
Jerram’s response was to say, “We are.” Point being - our notions of God’s kingdom fully present should be of every good and perfect [...]

I’m starting a new category on here for posts related to the end-times. Something I’ve been realizing recently is that Christianity is oriented around two events - the death and resurrection of Jesus and his second coming.
A year ago I don’t think I would’ve been comfortable with this because I was still going through my [...]