Category Archives: The Joshua Challenge
Ten Reasons Why This Long-Time Republican is Voting Democrat This Year
A friend of mine recently wrote and said, “I am saddened you are voting Democrat.” Here’s my response in 10 bulletized statements. Much more could be said and has been said, so I want to keep this brief.
The Prophesy
Thus says the Spirit of the Lord: A woman named Harris shall arise in the land, clothed in power and might, sitting in a place of high authority. Her ascent shall be great, but her heart shall turn from truth … Continue reading
Things I Would Say to My Grandchildren: The Tyranny of Good Intentions
One of our favorite shows used to be an action-packed TV series called 24. It followed counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer, who worked against the clock to thwart terrorist plots threatening the United States. Each season covered 24 hours in real-time, … Continue reading
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
One afternoon on Maple Street, in a fictitious neighborhood near you, a peculiar event, marked by a shadowy figure, a roar, and a flash of light, disrupted the peaceful neighborhood. Although initially dismissed as a passing meteor, the sudden power … Continue reading
Am I Stubbornly Prejudiced or a Deluded Cultist?
An old friend of mine recently said I was “either stubbornly prejudiced or a deluded member of a cult.” My sin? For saying that the “spirit of Trump wars against the Spirit of Christ, and I would have to deny … Continue reading
Reclaiming the Church’s Kingdom Mission: 95 Theses for the Present-Day Church
What if a single revolutionary idea could completely transform how we see the world? That’s the power of a paradigm shift, a concept first coined in 1962 by Thomas Kuhn, an influential philosopher of science. According to Kuhn, scientific progress … Continue reading
Tell Me Where I’m Wrong
As I go hiking and fly fishing throughout the Northwest, I pass through rural areas where Trump flags are common. I’ve tried to put myself in their shoes but I’m sure I come up short. Miles’s law states, “Where you … Continue reading
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
We tried out a new section this year in our annual Christmas letter by providing a brief description of the notable books for the year. Although we are just one month into the new year, I’ve already read one of … Continue reading
The Remarkable Words of Jonathan Edwards
“It is not merely a commendable thing for a man to be kind and bountiful to the poor, but our bounden duty, as much a duty as it is to pray, or to attend public worship, or anything else whatever. … Continue reading
The B-I-B-L-E: Can That Be the Book For “We”?
As a young boy, my friend Tommy and I would hold a weekly competition for church voice supremacy. Now this wasn’t a formal contest, sanctioned by some adult or official in the church. This was of our own doing, a … Continue reading