“Jesus looked at him and loved him” (Mark 10:21a) I think the wealthy man who asks Jesus how to inherit eternal life wanted Jesus to pat him on the back for all of his obedience of the commandments. I think the man wanted Jesus to say something like: “Way to go! I’m so proud of you! I know that’s probably…

I had to apologize to Sari a while back. We were playing UNO and Sari came around the coffee table and wanted to tickle me. She poked her finger in my neck. I really didn’t want to be tickled (I hate being tickled), so I chided her: “Sari, please don’t do that. I don’t like it. Please stop.” But I…

Bart Ehrman recently wrote a book entitled: Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth Due to an increase in a popular conception that seeks to argue that the historical Jesus never existed, Dr. Ehrman felt compelled to write a book to: “…convince genuine seekers who really want to know how we know that Jesus did exist, as…

How do you tip? Generously or not generously? A while back I was thinking about my policy on tipping. I do not tip on performance, I tip on grace. I don’t use the amount I tip as a rating system on how well the person served me. I just like to tip generously, regardless of good or bad service. I was…