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Podcast: Return of the God Hypothesis with Dr. Benjamin Williams, Part 3
Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Here are the links to the previous two podcasts in this series! The Return of the God Hypothesis, Part 1 The Return of the God Hypothesis, Part 2 Following Meyer’s explanation of the arguments for the creation of the universe, the fine-tuning of the universe, and the origin of life, Meyers asks, “How have other scientists responded to these arguments?” Stephen Hawking Hawking majored in space and time relativity and was brilliant...
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Cole Feix
When Sin in Darkness Hides
The concept of privacy dramatically impacts modern life and human spirituality. Personally, I enjoy my privacy. I have a privacy fence in my backyard and tend to keep the window shades down rather than up. However, I have been thinking about pondering lately the origin of privacy and the reason for our visceral reaction whenever our privacy is challenged or breached. What does our passionate defense of personal privacy say about us? Legally, privacy was first recognized as a constitutional ri...
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Cole Feix
Podcast: Return of the God Hypothesis with Dr. Benjamin Williams, Part 2
Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Here is the link to the first episode in this series. Meyer’s main argument is that the most likely explanation for the creation of the universe (based on scientific evidence) is the existence of a Creator. Yet, in modern atheistic science, this is an audacious claim to make. Meyer goes into abductive logic to explore the science of creation. Abductive logic bases its conclusions on probability ending with the most logical conclu...
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Cole Feix
Psalm 119 and Affliction: A Christian Response to Hardship
No one likes suffering. We try to avoid it at all costs. This avoidance is seen through the existence of painkillers, recreational drug use, the mind-numbing effect of social media, and a host of other things we use to numb the pain that comes from living in a fall and sin-cursed world. Despite this attempt to flee suffering, it still finds us. Why can’t we hide from hurt?
4 min readArticles Christians Hardships Psalms
Cole Feix
Podcast: Unhitch from the Bible?
Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Stanley’s Argument Stanley’s 2018 book “Irresistible” addressed the main question, “How can we make Jesus irresistible to the next generation?” His answer was to focus only on the New Testament – arguing from Acts 15 that the disciples themselves “unhitched” from the Old Testament. The next year when Stanley spoke at Dallas Theological Seminary, his basic argument was, “For the sake of the next generation, tether the faith to the…
3 min readBible Devotionals Podcast Reviews
Cole Feix
Ezekiel and the History of Hope
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope” (Romans 15:4). History reminds us of the past, defines us in the present, and prepares us for the future. In Scripture, we have something more, something we might call holy history. The narratives of the Old Testament become the palette the New Testament authors used to paint the answers to the great questions of God, faith, and hu…
11 min readDevotionals Ezekiel Hope
Cole Feix
The Book Stack: AI, Sermons, Political Memoirs, and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Christ Our Salvation – John Webster, edited by Daniel Bush, Lexham Press, 2020. It’s not often I’ll read straight through a book of sermons. Even Spurgeon is tedious to wade through sequentially. Eugene Peterson’s posthumous collection, As Kingfishers Catch Fire, may be the only book the rivals John Webster’s Christ Our Salvation. These sermons served as my guide to Lent this year. I picked the book up to read a sermon on a particular passage and found I could not put it down. That Webster’s …
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Cole Feix
What Does Prayer Look Like?
“Prayer can’t be mastered. Prayer always means submission. To pray is to willingly put ourselves in the unguarded, exposed position. There is no climb. There is no control. There is no mastery. There is only humility and hope.” Tyler Staton Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer Today is the National Day of Prayer. It’s a time to pray over your community, leaders, friends, and family. It’s also a time to thank God for who he is and how he’s wo…
4 min readDevotionals Prayer
Cole Feix
David and the History of Election
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope” (Romans 15:4). History reminds us of the past, defines us in the present, and prepares us for the future. In Scripture, we have something more, something we might call holy history. The narratives of the Old Testament become the palette the New Testament authors used to paint the answers to the great questions of God, faith, and hu…
9 min readDavid Devotionals
Cole Feix
A Review of Reactivity by Paul David Tripp
Paul David Tripp is one of few authors who, in my opinion, can write a high quantity of works that are all high quality. I have thoroughly enjoyed every book of Tripp’s that I have read. When I saw that he wrote a book on how Christians should act and react in our current culture, I knew it would be worth reading. In his book, Reactivity: How the Gospel Transforms Our Actions and Reactions, Tripp sets a very practical and edifying example for Christians to follow in our engagement with the cu…
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Cole Feix
What to Do with Your Anger
When we stop underestimating God’s holiness, overestimating our own righteousness, and fix our eyes on the Savior who secured our forgiveness, then we can begin to be free from anger in our everyday lives.
9 min readAnger Articles Prayer
Cole Feix
Three Reasons for Romans
The epistle to the Romans is known for its intricate dive into the theology behind the gospel. Romans teaches us about humanity, how we are saved, who Christ is, and how Christians should live because of the gospel.
5 min readDevotionals Romans
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Moses and the History of Grace
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope” (Romans 15:4). History reminds us of the past, defines us in the present, and prepares us for the future. In Scripture, we have something more, something we might call holy history. The narratives of the Old Testament become the palette the New Testament authors used to paint the answers to the great questions of God, faith, and hu…
7 min readDevotionals Grace History Moses
Cole Feix
Podcast: The Parable of the Unjust Manager in Luke 16
Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, an…
4 min readDevotionals Parables of Jesus Podcast
Cole Feix
Abraham and the History of Faith
History reminds us of the past, defines us in the present, and prepares us for the future. In Scripture, we have something more, something we might call holy history. The narratives of the Old Testament become the palette the New Testament authors used to paint the answers for the great questions of God, faith, and human meaning.
7 min readAbraham Devotionals Faith
Cole Feix
Happy Resurrection Sunday!
“He is not here; he has risen…” Matthew 28:6 Easter Sunday is a time to celebrate the good news of Jesus’ victory over death and our restored relationship with God because of him. As you gather with your friends and family, hide or paint eggs, and practice your favorite traditions, here are some of our team’s favorite things to do on Easter to celebrate! What is your favorite worship song to sing on Easter and why? Cole: One of my favorite Easter hymns is “See the Destined Day Arise.” It was …
4 min readDevotionals Easter & Lent
Cole Feix
Holy Saturday: The Day After Jesus' Death
Today is Holy Saturday, the day after Jesus’ death. We can only imagine how the disciples felt on this day. They probably felt deep grief and hopelessness. They had devoted the last three years of their lives to Jesus, leaving their families and livelihood behind because they believed that Jesus was the Messiah. Jesus’ death seemed to be the end of everything for the disciples. But Jesus’ cry, “It is finished” was just the beginning of God’s story. In Luke, we read about what happened after J…
2 min readDevotionals Easter & Lent
Cole Feix
Good Friday: The Curtain Torn in Two
Yesterday, we experienced the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus pleaded with the God to remove his cup of wrath. Christ submitted to the will of the Father. Today, Good Friday, is when Christ was crucified. He experienced the very thing he pleaded for God to remove not even 24 hours earlier. The cross is where Christ experienced the wrath of an all-powerful God and fully atoned for our sins. He took it all. He drank every last drop. Nothing was left. One aspect of the Crucifixion of Christ th…
2 min readArticles Crucifixion Easter & Lent Leviticus Matthew
Cole Feix
Maundy Thursday: A New Covenant
On Thursday of Holy Week, Jesus ate the Passover meal with his disciples. They gathered together in an upper room to share one of the ancient Jewish feasts called The Passover. When they arrived, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, even Judas Iscariot, who would betray him a few hours later. In what we now call the “Last Supper,” Jesus gave his final message to his disciples, parting thoughts for his inner circle. After the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. But Maundy T…
2 min readCovenant Devotionals
Cole Feix
The Emotions of Jesus
When you think of Jesus’s life on earth, his emotions might not be the first thing that comes to mind. So many of our conceptions and portrayals of Jesus entail a wise and detached sage keeping his distance from sinful human beings. In some of these visual representations, we might think he was floating six inches off the ground or, rather a holographic representation of a human being if we didn’t know better. Lately, in series like The Chosen, Jesus has been depicted much more accurately and…
6 min readDevotionals Emotions Jesus Christ