Phil Steiger
UPDATE! The bill here in Colorado that we have discussed is being heard on the CO Senate floor IN THE NEXT 2 DAYS. The bill has been amended, and if it does not pass the process in both the Senate and the House, it will die by Wednesday, May 7, 2025. I have contacted several... Continue Reading →
Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety that will Wreck you Family, Destroy your Church, and Ruin the World. Joe Rigney, Canon Press (2024). In the last four years I have been drawn to the works of mid-20th Century dissidents. That eclectic and incredible group of people who suffered under one any of the several... Continue Reading →
Genesis 3:14-15 God created us to be in relationship with him, to build God-honoring families, and to turn the wilderness into Eden. When Adam and Eve listened to temptation, they lost more than just access to paradise. They lost guaranteed fruitfulness and spiritual life. But God did not leave them, or the rest of humanity... Continue Reading →
Part of my sermon this past Sunday (August 13, 2023) included a conversation about what it means to be made a “kingdom of priests” by God (Exodus 19:6). Biblically, the priesthood is responsible for basically two things: teaching the Law of God to the people and facilitating and protecting worship. Within the nation of Israel,... Continue Reading →
Now, that is a big question and I admit it might be a little bit of click-bait. But I believe, in the end, it is not an exaggerated question. Theologically the Christian knows the world is fundamentally at odds with God and that God called his people to be ambassadors for the good news, so... Continue Reading →
I believe we are in a Remnant moment in the church. When I say that to people, I get one of two responses. First, many not only nod their heads, but enthusiastically agree. They have either had the same thought, or the phrase resonates with what they have been thinking and feeling. The other reaction... Continue Reading →
A friend recently reminded me of this letter I wrote to our congregation in the wake of the protests and death at Charlottesville, VA, 2017. It struck me as something still relevant and important. Letter to LHC After Charlottesville, VA Heather and I have been on vacation trying to “unplug” a bit, but, unfortunately, it... Continue Reading →
For a while now, I have been telling anyone who cares to hear that several fundamental shifts are taking place in our culture. The differences that exist between Christians and non-Christians, and even sometimes between professing Christians, are no longer non-political or matters of amicable disagreement. We no longer have the shared values that have... Continue Reading →
J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism, (Moscow ID; Canon Press, 2020), 163 pages. One of the most controversial corners of the evangelical world right now is the place where Christians go to deconstruct their faith. Several former evangelical Christians, some of them well known some of them not, have gone public with their reservations and... Continue Reading →
Is the call of God opposed to a Christian or a pastor being a public intellectual? One man on my Facebook page says that calling a pastor a public intellectual is an insult to the call of God. God does not need educated people to speak through them. This is the kind of anti-intellectualism I... Continue Reading →
Every Thought Captive 