In 2014, the Darren Aronofsky’s Noah soared at the box office while causing angst among people of faith everywhere. Countless movie goers walked into the theater expecting Russell Crowe to rete...
https://pursuingveritas.com/2024/01/23/book-review-the-book-of-enoch-for-beginners/
This post originated as a message at Arise Church. What comes to mind when you hear the word, justice? Probably a lot of things, because right now, justice is a hot button issue. You can hardly g...
This post originated with a message at Arise Church. In this scene from God on Trial, Rabbi Akiba questions the goodness of God, concluding that, no, God has revealed that He is not good. If yo...
A few weeks ago, I found myself in need of some data on the words of the Bible for a message I was preparing. And so I stumbled down the rabbit hole of Biblical numerological data. What I found w...
This post originally served as a message at Arise Church If you haven’t seen The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, let me highly recommend it to you. The film tells the story of a humdrum employee o...
https://pursuingveritas.com/2023/11/21/drinking-tea-the-liturgy-of-the-ordinary/
This post originally served as a message at Arise Church Who enjoys talking on the phone? Not me. I avoid talking on the phone as much as possible. Maybe that’s because of some bad customer ser...
https://pursuingveritas.com/2023/11/14/calling-a-friend-the-liturgy-of-the-ordinary/
This post originally served as a message at Arise Church Whether or not you’re an email hoarder, chances are that you have to deal with email—like, a lot of email. Since Ray Tomlinson sent fi...
https://pursuingveritas.com/2023/10/31/checking-email-the-liturgy-of-the-ordinary/
Christians rightly observe Christmas and Easter as celebrations of Jesus’ birth and resurrection. And many Christians celebrate the seasons of the church and various holy days. But did you know...
https://pursuingveritas.com/2023/10/19/the-first-trick-or-treat/
I’m pleased to announce that Arise Press has published my book, Encountering God’s Story: A Guide to Better Read and Understand the Story of Scripture (St. Louis, 2023) and copies are now ava...
https://pursuingveritas.com/2023/10/13/introducing-encountering-gods-story/
This post concludes our series on Forgiveness in the Gospel of Matthew. The imperative of forgiveness stands at the heart of the Parable of Unforgiving Servant. For Jesus and Matthew, releasing o...
https://pursuingveritas.com/2021/11/10/forgiveness-in-matthew-conclusion-and-bibliography/