I have been deeply disturbed by the events that have unfolded in Minneapolis in recent weeks and the apparent disregard for the rule of law. I am very sad about the deaths of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti not only because it was an avoidable tragedy, but because the growing Gnosticism in the Evangelical […]

Interest in the ancient mystics and ascetics has grown among evangelicals over the past quarter-century. Last week, we began this journey into that past with “Part 1: The Desert Fathers and Mothers: A Model for Christians?” Next up in Part 2… John Climacus and the Ladder One of the main practices of those in the […]

Over the past few decades, there has been a growing fascination and interest in the Desert Fathers and Mothers. Somehow their mysticism and asceticism seems somehow more spiritual than we see in the church today. The Apostle Paul addressed this in the first century in his letter to the Colossians: Let no one disqualify you, […]

The Hebrew letters yod, he, vav, that represent the four-letter name of our God are called the Tetragrammaton. When Christians use it, we don’t generally translate it into English but rather, transliterate it, use words or letters that most closely correspond to the original word. For English, that would be YHWH. The Tetragrammaton first appears […]

I recently received an email from Chazark Wilder letting me know he has posted a blog titled “Dear Midwest Christian Outreach (Not really a letter though!)” that may be of interest to me, and reminded me of a contact we had about 17-18 years ago. His name was Reggie, and he has recently changed it […]