I remember once seeing a church sign that had as its tagline: "that in all things Christ might have preeminence" (Colossians 1:18).Let's give that one a C for marketing but an A+ for theology.Colossians 1:15-20 is one of my favorite carried away passages from Paul's...

Top Five Tuesday will return next week. I'm carried away with Paul.In 1986, I was in a dark place spiritually. I was living as a mid-80s yuppie, feeling disconnected from any call into ministry, and wondering at times if it wouldn't just be easier to live without any...

American culture is wrapped up in the "self.'There's Self magazine.A few years ago, many of us believed that infusing teenagers with self-esteem would solve their problems -- or prevent problems from arising in the first place.Even today, we focus in on self-respect...