Geoffrey Holsclaw
Pentecost comes and goes so quickly. And we so quickly forget what we have received, trading our birthright for a bowl of porridge called power. Here are six kinds of power followers of Christ often seek after instead of the promise of Pentecost—the Holy Spirit. Many times these six work together, sometimes they compete with […]
Yeah, I know God loves me. Whatever… I don’t talk about love much anymore. At least not God’s love. I find it unhelpful. For so many people the idea of love these days is so watered down, so sentimental, so…vapid. It’s not just that I’m a left brained logic chopper cutting through the emotional clutter […]
Is the “sacrifice of atonement” in Romans 3:25 referring to a propitiation (appeasing God’s wrath), an expiation (cleansing human sin), or the mercy seat (the place of God’s reconciling presence)? And why does it matter? Words are Funny Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? Why does “to buckle” mean […]
By Geoff Holsclaw: pastor and professor, and baseball fan. Baseball is the American pastime, marking our collective consciousness like no other sport. And it can help us remember what spiritual disciplines are for. What other sport has influenced common speech like baseball? She hit a home run!—means something went really well. Get it in the […]
Ok, insert here [right here] your favorite illustration about the need for balance. Something about riding a bike, learning to walk, or Luther’s example about not falling off a horse, or stacking rocks. Because that’s what I’m talking about here—the need to balance contending for the kingdom and consenting to the kingdom. In different church […]
bGrowing up, workaholism was a vice to avoid (at least, in theory). But now, workism has become its own religion of sorts—promising “identity, transcendence, and community.” This is the thesis of Derek Thompson of The Atlantic. Amid the decline of traditional faith in America (a claim I find dubious), Thompson suggests workism is an upstart […]