University Baptist Church-Houston

Early on in his ministry, Jesus shared with people what the theme of his work would be: the coming of God’s Kingdom, and its inclusion of ALL peoples. This was clearly not a popular message in many settings of that day, as is evidenced by the reaction...

Early on in his ministry, Jesus shared with people what the theme of his work would be: the coming of God’s Kingdom, and its inclusion of ALL peoples. This was clearly not a popular message in many settings of that day, as is evidenced by the reaction...

Early on in his ministry, Jesus shared with people what the theme of his work would be: the coming of God’s Kingdom, and its inclusion of ALL peoples. This was clearly not a popular message in many settings of that day, as is evidenced by the reaction...

Labor Day is a funny holiday in that we celebrate work and workers by taking a day off! This may not qualify as a complete paradox, but it does offer a simple connecting point to looking at some of the paradoxes that make the Christian life peculiar...

Labor Day is a funny holiday in that we celebrate work and workers by taking a day off! This may not qualify as a complete paradox, but it does offer a simple connecting point to looking at some of the paradoxes that make the Christian life peculiar...

The ending to the book of Judges is dark indeed; among the darkest passages in all of the Bible. The religion of the people had become chaos, which led to the morality of the people slipping into a chasm of depravity. This book, which has had the...

The ending to the book of Judges is dark indeed; among the darkest passages in all of the Bible. The religion of the people had become chaos, which led to the morality of the people slipping into a chasm of depravity. This book, which has had the...

The list of vices in Samson's narrative is easy to compile: greed, anger, dishonesty, disrespect of parents, lust, and vengeance just to name a few. Most readers are well aware of how Samson's character issues led to his own losses and...

The list of vices in Samson's narrative is easy to compile: greed, anger, dishonesty, disrespect of parents, lust, and vengeance just to name a few. Most readers are well aware of how Samson's character issues led to his own losses and...

Samson's story begins with a birth narrative, something unexpected in this rough world of the Judges. The birth narrative, however, speaks to God's preemptive plan to deliver Israel through a leader that could potentially surpass all the...