It’s that time of year again when gobs and gobs of money are spent appeasing and pacifying the wants and wishes of small children (and 40-something-year-old kids) across the globe. On December the 25th millions of men, women, boys, and girls throughout the world will receive their yearly injection of that oh-so intoxicating drug called [...]

Here in Knoxville, my college group studies the book of Proverbs on Wednesday night. I remember in my first years of being a Christian the difficulty that surrounded the idea of wisdom.

In the sequel to The Christian RULES of Dating Greg Gibson tackles some pretty fun issues concerning the engagement process for Christians.  Check it out, have fun, and be prepared to laugh, disagree, and get mad and blog about it.

Have you ever wondered why God gives us wisdom to guide our living?  In this article, Whitney Clayton implores young people to walk with wisdom concerning sexual issues and to seek the well spring of all true wisdom, Jesus Christ himself.

When I wrote “A Case for Early Marriage: Why Young Men with Solid Chests are Changing the World,” I had no idea that it would receive over 500 hits in 3 days and multiple people would disagree, albeit some-what respectfully, with my conclusion(s):  Young men should prepare for and desire marriage at an early age [...]

In a culture where sex is flaunted and success and money are the primary means for which people live their lives, it is only plausible that marriage would be placed on the back burner until later on in life. Opposing worldviews give us more than substantial reason and provide more than a solid foundation for [...]

Wisdom in Trials: James begins his letter by encouraging his reader to be joyful during trials.  He states in verses 2-4, “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.  And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you my [...]

Not only does justification find its expression and stamp in works, but as stated above it seems that James also speaks of faith in Jesus leading to the living out of works in all of life through wisdom.  I argue that the key verse for understanding how wisdom, works, and justification come together in the [...]

As stated above, a cursory reading of the Book of James might stem questions of contradictory when discussing justification with that of Paul.  Why does James speak so much of works?  Why does James speak so much about being a doer of the word instead of being simply a hearer?  James states in 2:14, “What [...]

There has been much scholarly debate in New Testament studies concerning the issue of justification in the Book of James.  With a cursory reading of the letter and little knowledge of Paul’s doctrine of justification it might seem that James argues for justification by works.  Does James differ from Paul in his understanding of justification, [...]