Why You Cannot Separate God’s Love from God’s Law

Why You Cannot Separate God’s Love from God’s Law

How have we missed the inseparable connection between love and law? A lawyer, listening to Jesus teach, was amazed at the wisdom and sagacity. He decided to test Jesus further with a “gotcha” question. “Teacher,” he began, “which is the great commandment of the law?” Jesus’ answer silenced the duplicitous advocate. “‘You shall love the…

Why Christian Leaders Fall

Why Christian Leaders Fall

I remember well, like it was just yesterday, receiving the news that a Christian leader, Jimmy Swaggart, had fallen. The signs he was in trouble had been visible long before the public revelation. Swaggart’s confession came only eleven months after the fall of Christian leaders Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. My pastoral staff and I…