by Timothy Shorey | Jan 14, 2022 | The Christian Life
When people ask me how I am doing I am quite likely to answer, “Thanks for asking, but what part of my life do you want to talk about—and about what part of that part would you most like to hear?” Personal well-being or personal suffering? Loved ones well or loved...
by Timothy Shorey | Dec 16, 2021 | The Christian Life
I love biblical theology (the study of each book of the Bible and its context within the whole Bible), which interprets God’s self-revelation through the sacred unfolding storyline of Scripture. I love how it traces God’s holy love for us in Christ from eternity past;...
by Timothy Shorey | Dec 16, 2021 | The Christian Life
Ten years ago I had a headache specialist who had all the empathy skills of a frozen tuna. Even worse, he rebuked me for my long-term condition. It’s no fun telling an alleged medical healer you’ve had a nonstop, two-decade-long headache (now three), been to many...
by Timothy Shorey | Dec 2, 2021 | The Christian Life
The Virgin Birth “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isa. 7:14) “She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins....
by Timothy Shorey | Dec 2, 2021 | The Christian Life
Our small church recently sent a very dedicated couple on an overseas one-year mission trip to serve as teachers and as-needed help for partner churches—even though these two have been our own congregational “Epaphroditus” and “Phoebe” (Phil. 2:25; Rom. 16:1, 2)....
