by Timothy Shorey | May 8, 2021 | Biblical Studies, The Christian Life
Not a Glib 8:28er I’m old enough to have a strong distaste for the clichéd. Believe me: you don’t live through 32 years of unrelenting 24/7/365 level-6 headache pain, have two children barely survive life-threating illness, lose both parents in 11 months, lose your...
by Timothy Shorey | Apr 26, 2021 | Cultural and Biblical Justice, The Christian Life
-I have read the Bible from one end to the other at least 30 times. -I have studied the Bible deeply for 45 years. -I have researched it from cover to cover on numerous hard issues. -I have done word studies, followed grammar, and examined context. -I have read a few...
by Timothy Shorey | Apr 20, 2021 | Cultural and Biblical Justice, Grace and Race, The Christian Life, The Church
As I sit in my living room chair this morning, and await with prayerful dread the impending verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, and—whatever the verdict—its inevitable effects upon the hearts, in the pews, and on the streets of our land, my heart aches. I ache because...
by Timothy Shorey | Apr 7, 2021 | Devotional Reflections, Mission and Missions, The Christian Life
I’ve Got My Hands Full I’m not sure what this post is. Is it an insightful piece to help people, or a cop out for not doing more, or just a verbal selfie to let people know where I’m at right now? My back story is fairly straightforward. I’m 62. Been married for 42...
by Timothy Shorey | Mar 31, 2021 | Biblical Studies, Cultural and Biblical Justice, Mission and Missions, The Christian Life, The Church
Hope for Our Nation Sometimes the sheer wonder of God’s mercy is too much to fathom—but there is joy in trying! We can easily feel it when considering Jonah’s foot-dragging missionary adventure to Nineveh (recounted in Jonah 1-4). God called. Jonah reluctantly went....
