Posts with the tag “dave-ferguson”

“Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture in a mirror. Later we will see him face to face.” 1 Corinthians 13:12I love my wife. More impressive? She loves me. I’m still a tiny bit surprised w...  Read More

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.” Psalm 42:1 You survived the first two rules: 1) I’m wrong about stuff, and 2) I don’t know which stuff. Now, let’s address r...  Read More

“From out of a storm, the LORD said to Job: Why do you talk so much when you know so little?”  Job 38:1-2Agnosticism [ag-nos-tuh-siz-uhm]The belief that the answers to the basic questions of existence...  Read More

“God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.” Luke 18:11Timeout. I have an honest question. Who gets to decide what it means to be a C...  Read More

“My people…have forsaken Me, the spring of living water…” Jeremiah 2:13It’s a well-known story with at least one missed detail. Maybe you never overlooked it. But for the longest time, I did.Another s...  Read More

“…we had hoped He was the one…” Luke 24:21Everybody’s theology is just one good crucifixion away from collapse.We don’t know much about these two men except one of their names and the town where they ...  Read More

“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” Mark 2:27Jesus was a deconstructionist. He reorganized culture, reinterpreted scripture, and broke the rules. Nowhere is this more evident than...  Read More

“[Jesus] is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” Colossians 1:17Every once in a while, I field concerned questions about how much focus a faith community places on Jesus. It usuall...  Read More

“…choose for yourselves this day… But as for me…” Joshua 24:15Let’s admit something. As we start reconstruction by grabbing a meaningful brick and looking for a foundational keystone, we are not equal...  Read More

Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God…”Be still. Calm down. Exercise some patience—all words we need to hear at this point in the journey. The chaos of deconstruction causes most of us to squi...  Read More

We have just come off a tricky series regarding the deconstruction of our faith. So it might behoove us to spend a little time in Scripture, studying from some books that dealt with conflict, unity, a...  Read More