For the full interactive PDF of the reading plan click here. January 1st: Resolved to read through the Bible in a year. To pick…
A Tale of Two Parties: The 300th Birthday of Jonathan Edwards
Faith / Scripture / Spirituality
On October fifth, 1703, a little boy was born on the Colonial frontier in East Windsor, Connecticut. Three centuries later in 2003, eight events…
Margie Reads Through The Bible In One Year: A Composite History
January 1: Resolved to read through the Bible in a year. To pick a program and simply stick with it. I know I’ve tried…
Marriage: Is There a Place Between Cynicism and Idolatry?
Family / Ordinary Life / Scripture / Spirituality
Marriage is universal. As Christians, we know why. Genesis tells us that God created it at the very beginning of his creation of humanity.…
A Merer Christianity
For a long time I found it perplexing that some of the most politically chaotic regions of the world are also places either where…
Getting the Message: A Plan for Interpreting and Applying the Bible
A Christian can not be truly discerning without Bible study. That’s why we sometimes refer to Ransom’s goal as helping believers gain skill in…
A Stick Becomes the Staff of God: Reflections on Faithfulness in the Ordinary & the Routine
Creation / Faith / Scripture / Spirituality
The seven sons of Sceva, we're told in Acts 19, attempted an exorcism only to be cast out themselves. Impressed with the Holy Spirit's…
Life, Film, Lust, and Love
First a story, then a question. The story A young man has fallen in love with a very beautiful woman. He doesn’t think he’s…
Learning from Jeremiah: The A-Ha! of Calling
Faith / Scripture / Spirituality
One of the temptations I succumb to most easily is to take the calling of God for granted. Assuming I’ve begun to comprehend how…