Can we by searching find out God? The clear implication is that no, we can't, but there's something important to remember whenever we contemplate passages from the book of Job: Who's speaking?
The Church Balcony
Constraining Obligations
Cherish the tender Spirit of your constraining obligations.
Stinking in the Sight of Pharaoh
Bible study is our meat and potatoes at Matty's Paradigm, it's what we do. Daily Bible reading is also really important and many of our insights have come from simply following a routine.
An Epidemic of Despair
Something startling is happening to middle-aged white Americans. Unlike every other age, racial and ethnic group, unlike their counterparts in other rich countries, death rates in this group have been rising, not falling.
I’m Not a Scientist…
"I'm not a scientist..." is the response that we (that's me and the Holy spirit) used to get whenever we tried to talk with a Pastor about science. It precedes an admission of ignorance.
The Times of Refreshing
The Bible tells us that, at some time in the future, the entire surface of the Earth will be flattened out, Jerusalem will be lifted up, and a river will issue forth from the summit of a mountain that fills the whole earth.
Ichabod
We, Matty, have been working on this material since 1999. During this time, for whatever reason we're not sure, we've been involved with a variety of churches which were in decline.
Christian Atheists
A competing strategy to the dogmatic Evangelical, which arose in response to the rise of popular science (SciPop) and its sidekick textual criticism, is the Christian Atheist.
Restricted Speech
They didn't have a Constitution or a First Amendment in Paul's day, but it looks like the New Testament is unconstitutional. That's ironic given that many Evangelicals are gun-toting advocates of the Second Amendment.
Foundation vs. Structure
Here's an interesting question for you about church doctrine: what's the Church's foundation, and what's the structure?