

Wanderers at Dawn
I have been getting up at 5:45 in the morning to exercise. Not for any other reason than the sheer guilt that I feel in the afternoons...

Justin Scoggins, Th.D.
7 min read


Choosing Relationship Over Law | Alistair Begg and pastoring LGBTQIA+
Recently, Alistair Begg advised a grandmother that he didn’t believe that she would be sinning if she were to attend a same-sex marriage...

Justin Scoggins, Th.D.
7 min read


Tales From the Night
Being a parent has changed a lot of things in mine and my wife’s life. Being a parent has taught us a lot about ourselves. Most of this...

Justin Scoggins, Th.D.
6 min read


'Tis the Season
It’s that time of year again. Where we celebrate the holidays and gather with our families and friends, open gifts, drink weird...

Justin Scoggins, Th.D.
6 min read


Waning in Worship
The feeling is starting to creep back in. The swirling in my gut. The long stares at my headboard. My feet moving slower. A gnawing sense...

Sara Chase
6 min read


Time stood still
Time stood still. I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced that or not. But you seem to be stationary while everything around you is...

Justin Scoggins, Th.D.
7 min read


Are we Sisyphus?
There is a story that has stuck with me for years. I was required to read the Odyssey by Homer my junior year of high school, there was a...

Justin Scoggins, Th.D.
10 min read


You are mine
I grew up in a Pentecostal church. I have believed in God all my life. But I was raised to fear God. Not in a respectful fear kind of...

Kaylea Adams
6 min read


Jesus curses the fig tree and cleanses the temple
. The fig tree story is one of my favorites. While it seems looking on the surface of it that Jesus is just hangry… there is always...

Justin Scoggins, Th.D.
3 min read


Jesus goes to the Mount of Olives
In Matthew 23 Jesus checks the Pharisees. Typically called the ‘7 woes’, we see Jesus use phrases like; “blind guides”, “brood of...

Justin Scoggins, Th.D.
3 min read


Jesus anointed by the woman
Jesus anointed by the woman and Judas betrays him. Luke 7 calls her a ‘sinful woman’. Jesus is having dinner with Pharisees and his...

Justin Scoggins, Th.D.
3 min read


Descent into hell
Christ’s descent into hell. I don’t believe today was silent. Aside from the grieving and confusion of those that followed Christ. I...

Justin Scoggins, Th.D.
2 min read