Veritas Blog
A Chick-fil-A® Mentality for Ministry: Part A
Business or ministry? The debate crops up frequently concerning Christian schools. Insist that the Christian school is a ministry, and the school is cited for poor management. Speak openly about the need for wise business practices, and the school is...
Reading the Bible Effectively: Getting God’s Word into our Lives
At times, it is easy to stare at a Bible and wonder, “How am I supposed to understand that?” “Where do I start?” “How can I get the most out of reading the Bible?” Since you are reading this, I assume you have concluded that you want to do more than simply check off a...
Extravagant Worship: Four Defining Characteristics
Few stories in the Word of God describe extravagant worship any more poignantly than that of the unnamed woman in Luke 7:36–50. Basically, the story goes like this: Along with others, Jesus was invited to the home of a Pharisee named Simon. Consistent with the custom...
Gravitating toward Stillness: Lessons from a Cornhole Tournament
ESPN aired a cornhole tournament recently. Yes, cornhole. You know the country is in a bad place when exciting Sunday afternoons are reduced to cornhole. I couldn’t help but laugh as I saw the camera zoom in to the bean bags, commentators analyzed...
God is Good: All the time!
God is good, and He is good all of the time. This is not a new truth - we know this but intuitively and scripturally. Yet, sometimes we fail to think about God’s goodness often. Believe me, I am as guilty as the next person. We go through our everyday life,...
Hellenism and the New Testament: Christianity communicated through culture
Hellenism – how could one word cast such a long shadow over our New Testament? It is difficult to comprehend that a Roman Empire could be so dominated by Greek thought. I define Hellenism as the spreading of Greek culture throughout the lands conquered by...
God is Good
God is good. All of the time. We know it, but sometimes we don’t think about God’s goodness often. Believe me, I am as guilty as the next person. We go through our everyday life, and everything is going according to our plan. We don’t really need to ask God for...