Faithful Writers

Since so many like to cherry-pick their form of Christianity these days to believe in, let's reconcile this. They hate the God of the Old Testament (God of Wrath) and choose to follow the God of the New Testament (God of Love).

For those ready to explore their Christian roots, the time has come to crack open a Bible. Start small, read with patience, and let the stories and wisdom come naturally to your heart.

Skipping meals leaves your body hungry, but skipping God’s Word leaves your soul starving. Here’s why Christians should never diet from Scripture.

Four voices. Four angles. Not mistakes — a mosaic. The Gospels don’t match because they were never meant to flatten Jesus into one version.

And if we stopped yanking this verse out of the middle of a very intimate, emotional conversation — if we actually slowed down and listened to what was really happening — we might hear something much more human. Much more hopeful. And far more powerful than a doctrinal threat.

Yes, there’s judgment. God deals seriously with sin. But I also saw a God who is incredibly patient. Who keeps giving second chances, and third, and fourth. Who rescues people over and over again, even when they keep running away.

Calling them Old and New Testaments misleads readers. The 1st and 2nd Testaments keep God’s story continuous, showing that every part of Scripture matters.

The Gospels don’t just tell a life — they tell the Life. Written in a familiar ancient genre, they still break every mold, confronting us with the living Christ.

When David wrote, ‘I will counsel you with my loving eye on you,’ he wasn’t talking about distant advice. He was pointing to a God who walks with us, teaches us, and lovingly watches over our next step.

The Spirit of God isn’t a dusty doctrine we fight over. The Holy Spirit is a living, pulsing reality. The Spirit flips that script. It’s not about me living like Jesus is beside me; it’s about Christ living His life through me by the Spirit within.

Explore the theological and grammatical debate surrounding John 1:1. Delve into expert analyses on whether "the Word was God" or "a god" aligns with original Greek texts.

When I read that verse or heard it from the pulpit, I thought it meant: Read your Bible. It’s the inherent, infallible Words from the mouth of God. In reality, it was intended to reinforce the notion that the preacher’s dogmas (called doctrines) represented God's word and will on the matter.

When I finally slowed down to read whole sections — sometimes whole books at a time — it hit me: this is a story. A messy, winding, human story about people trying to follow God.

The textbook asserts they were only talking about the Old Testament, except 2 Peter 1:21 & Acts 2:38–39 show differently.

If you say you are a Christian yet whip out the Enochs, Maccabees, Gad the Seer, Wisdom, Tobit, Judith, etc, when trying to prove a view, doctrine, or use it to object to something in the Bible. You're not even on the right track to begin with. If you're not a believer and do this, then that’s a whole different conversation.

This verse has been used for centuries against women in the wrong way, now I’m talking about human nature, not God’s intention. The two are not mutually exclusive here; when it comes to understanding what this verse means, you have to go back to what God intended it to be, not what man has turned it into.

The Bible isn’t dead ink. Not because the pages themselves are like a magic potion. But because they have the ability to inspire the reader to living a wise life. There are lines in Scripture I’ve read a hundred times. But then one day, in the middle of a mess, or a moment of quiet, or a hard conversation with God, I’ll read that same line again — and it lands different. It breathes.

We’ve built entire sermons around words Jesus never spoke. It’s time we stop preaching a misquote and start living the truth.