Category: Life & Doctrine
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I have been a father for six years now and, I hate to admit it, but I feel like most of that time has been spent just floating through fatherhood without much intentionality. I now have three sons: Eli (6), Liam (4), and Ari (1.5). I don’t want my life to be focused on the…
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Happy Thanksgiving from Ancient Abandon!
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Click here to read part 1 I’ve heard Hozier’s Take Me to Church in a number of places in recent days and it’s been on my mind a lot. The song is amazingly well-written but I am troubled by the message of the song for two reasons. It offers, yet another, insight into why non-Christians…
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Originally posted on The Domain for Truth: See Part 1 Recall that the first post in this series was originally a comment I made on a friend’s blog responding to an nonbeliever who tries to argue that the early Christians were Communists. The same nonbeliever replied back to my friend concerning the content of my original…
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Originally posted on The Domain for Truth: There was some discussion on a friend’s blog responding to a nonbeliever’s assertion that Acts 5 demonstrate that the early Christians were Communists. Acts 5:1-16 is the passage concerning Ananias and Sapphira. I’ve reproduced my comment here with slight editorial change: I think the fact that Acts 5 still acknowledged…
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A quick consideration and response to a post by hessianwithteeth.
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Missionary tips for Christians in the workforce.
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Thanks again to all of you who have supported me in my blogging past. I wanted to take a moment and update you on some changes to look forward to in coming days, weeks, and months. 1. New Domain In the near future AncientAbandon.wordpress.com will become AncientAbandon.com! 2. New Direction Up to now this blog…
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Not long ago I had a conversation with a brother who was unconvinced that Paul believed that Jesus was God. This is what I’ve found on the matter.
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A brief reflection on one of the most difficult periods in my life in the last few years.