by Kyle Andrew Shepherd | Oct 15, 2017 | Lifestyle, Worldview
In our last article, “Broken Bread: God’s Hand in Your Suffering,” we looked at the general subject of grief, suffering, trials, tribulations. We see that they are gifts from our Father to fill in our holes, our wants, and for us to take into ourselves and...
by Kyle Andrew Shepherd | Oct 8, 2017 | Lifestyle, Worldview
Why do we go through pain and trials? We often think that as Christians, we must have “Joy, joy, joy, joy down in our heart,” as the song goes, or else something is terribly amiss. Not so. All that is gold does not always glitter. We lose loved ones to death, sin,...
by J. Vaden Cavett | Jul 6, 2017 | Lifestyle, Worldview
The early church ran with a strange and reckless obedience to God, unwilling to submit to any who commanded them to disobey the teachings of our Lord. What inspired such courage? Eugene Peterson gives as good an explanation as any: When Paul’s companion Luke set out...
by J. Vaden Cavett | Jun 15, 2017 | Lifestyle, Worldview
Saturday morning, my sister and brother-in-law buried their son, Ryver. He was 8 weeks old. But Ryver’s 8 weeks were spent in the womb. In the minds of many Americans, that doesn’t count. They would object to me calling what happened Saturday a funeral. It was a...
by Kyle Andrew Shepherd | Jun 4, 2017 | Education, Lifestyle, Worldview
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as...
by J. Vaden Cavett | Apr 29, 2017 | Lifestyle, Worldview
Can we right apply the term “sacrament” to marriage and meals? In this essay, I hope to stimulate Protestants to think about creation in more sacramental categories and to view our rituals as transformative by God’s design. I’ll defend the goodness of matter as...
