You’d be HALF RIGHT. Moses did in fact receive the two stone tablets up there (Exodus 34:28). But what if I told you that the 7 chapters Moses spent on Mt. Sinai are actually blueprints for building the tabernacle? Put down your coffee. I’m about to blow your mind. It all starts in Exodus 24:18–“Moses entered theContinueContinue reading “What Did Moses and God Actually Talk about on Sinai?”
Author Archives: Chad C. Ashby
So Was It an Inn in Bethlehem, or Not?
(Originally published December 2015) Perhaps like me you were drawn in by several articles this Advent season claiming we have gotten several details wrong in the Christmas story. There was this article at TGC, this one at Answers in Genesis, and this chapter by Kenneth Bailey all taking issue with the phrase “because there was no room forContinueContinue reading “So Was It an Inn in Bethlehem, or Not?”
Twitter Shall Not Control the Pulpit
“If you aren’t preaching on abortion, your silence is damning.” “If you aren’t preaching on sex trafficking, you are a part of the problem.” “If you aren’t preaching on racism, you are enabling racists.” “If you aren’t preaching on political issues, you aren’t leading your people.” There aren’t enough weeks in a year. Not enoughContinueContinue reading “Twitter Shall Not Control the Pulpit”
Exegesis on the Fly: Luke 1:46-55
Christmas is drawing near, so let’s look at The Magnificat together!
Victories That Will Never Satisfy
I live in a small rural town in South Carolina. It’s a place where churches are on every street corner and every household at least claims to be longstanding members of some congregation. And yet, it is a place where defeatism reigns. Churches teeter on the edge of financial collapse. Most of the aging buildingsContinueContinue reading “Victories That Will Never Satisfy”
Exegesis on the Fly: Psalm 100 (Video)
Just in case you are tired of stressing about tomorrow’s election, here is a quick experiment I put together. This is some on the fly exegesis of the poetry and structure of Psalm 100. If you are encouraged or find this helpful, let me know and share it with others. Perhaps I’ll start making theseContinueContinue reading “Exegesis on the Fly: Psalm 100 (Video)”
Bonhoeffer: The Command ‘Follow Me’ Is Not Complicated
I was thumbing through Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship again a couple of weeks ago. In Chapter 2: The Call of Discipleship, I came across an enlightening few paragraphs on the call of Levi the tax collector: “And as he passed by he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the place of toll, andContinueContinue reading “Bonhoeffer: The Command ‘Follow Me’ Is Not Complicated”