Christ in the Old Testament: The Meaning of Genesis 3:15 for Reading and Interpreting the Old Testament Christologically from Genesis to the Prophets The Old Testament speaks most of all of God’s outrageous plan to send a head crusher who would defeat the serpent who tempted our ancestors. Russ Meek January 22, 2021
Fictive Kinship: What It Is and How It Impacts our Understanding of the Gospel God is my Father, and thus he is responsible to take care of me (just like he does the lilies of the field and birds of the air, as Jesus reminds us). And it means I have a responsibility to love, cherish, and obey God. Russ Meek September 30, 2020
Red Letter Christians How the Misuse of Matthew 18 Bullies Abuse Survivors Into Silence Matthew 18:15-17 is inadequate — and becomes itself a tool for abuse — when it is used to bully abuse survivors into silence. Russ Meek December 16, 2019
Biblical Recorder The Line Isn’t Fuzzy. Youth Pastors Shouldn’t Date Youth The legal age of consent should not blur our vision on these issues. No youth pastor should “date” or engage in any sort of sexual relationship with any person under their care. Russ Meek November 27, 2019
Servants of Grace Fostering Hospitality We both knew that we wanted to foster and/or adopt children long before we met each other and were married ten years ago. Neither of us knew just how much it would stretch and strengthen our ability to be hospitable, to love our neighbors as ourselves. Russ Meek October 21, 2019
Servants of Grace I Opposed Him to His Face As we engage believers in the digital world, where it is quite easy to spew vitriol over minor differences, let’s make sure that we major on the majors and minor on the minors. Russ Meek September 30, 2019
