Finally Finished, I Think

Self-publishing is a blessing and curse. Every time I read something I want to revise what I have written. And it’s not hard to edit the files and re-upload them. I first published my book on hell in 2017. Six years later, I think it’s finally done. I recently had something of a breakthrough on … Read more

Augustine’s Insight

Sometimes it’s hard to understand how we should view this life in light of eternity. Of course, it will be much better on the other side with Christ, departed saints, angels, and the home God has prepared for us. But what does that mean for this life? Should we just want to get out of … Read more

A Simple Observation

C. H. Dodd (1884-1973) was an influential New Testament scholar. In his book The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel, he makes a simple observation: The Gospel of John introduces its characters whereas Mark expects his readers to know who he is talking about. For example, “And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness” (Mark … Read more

Reciprocal Longing

A few years ago, I wrote a short book on God’s desire to be with us called The Heart of Scripture. In essence, the point of the book is this: God longs to be with us and this desire is expressed from the first book of the Bible to the last. Recently, I found more … Read more