“The wages of sin is death” sounds like religious language designed to scare people into behaving. Most Christians can quote Romans 6:23 without understanding what it actually means. We throw it around in evangelism like a threat, using it to convince sinners they need Jesus. But few believers can explain what “death” means in this … Read more
Palm Sunday marks one of the most dramatic moments in Jesus’ life, yet most Christians are only familiar with the Sunday school version. You know the basics: Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem while people waved palm branches and shouted “Hosanna.” It’s the beginning of Holy Week, the Sunday before Easter. Churches hand out palm … Read more
Last month, a woman in our congregation asked me to anoint her mother with oil before surgery. The request caught me off guard, not because it was unusual, but because I realized how rarely we talk about anointing oil in modern evangelical circles. Yet there it was in James 5:14, clear as day. So why … Read more