John Davis
Jack Cottrell: Professor, Theologian, Mentor, Man of God (1938–2022)
This past Saturday I woke up to the news that my former seminary professor, Dr. Jack Cottrell, had passed away after a battle with...
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John Davis
- Sep 13
- 6 min
Open Letter to a Young Person Experiencing Same-Sex Attraction
I don’t know what message you have heard from Christians or churches about homosexuality, but I want you to know that we have not always...
John Davis
- Jul 26
- 3 min
Why You Should Read (and re-read) Lord of the Rings
The other day I finished reading through The Lord of the Rings trilogy for the fifth time. I enjoyed it this time just as much as the...
John Davis
- Jul 21
- 4 min
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
My 9-year-old daughter prayed for dinner the other night. She thanked God for being good and giving us some wonderful food and then she...
John Davis
- Jun 21
- 3 min
The Beginning of the End for Abortion in America
My Dad had a tradition of buying and saving a copy of the local and national newspapers on the day his kids were born. Just yesterday we...
John Davis
- May 19
- 3 min
Does God Forget Our Sins?
“For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” (Hebrews 8:12, ESV) I received a question about...
John Davis
- Apr 18
- 4 min
The Resurrection and the New Creation
The resurrection is not only an apologetics tool—a way to prove that Christianity is real and the teachings of Jesus have all been...
John Davis
- Apr 6
- 4 min
Are All Sins the Same in God's Eyes?
“A sin is a sin is a sin.” Have you ever heard that? Have you ever said that? The idea is, while we tend to think of some sins as really...
John Davis
- Mar 29
- 3 min
Selfish Ambition: The Sin We Do Not Name
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that...
John Davis
- Mar 18
- 4 min
How Do They Have So Much Time?
There’s a sentence in C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity that's been stuck in my brain for a few weeks now. At one point, Lewis begins to...
John Davis
- Mar 8
- 3 min
Making a Name for Ourselves
Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest...
John Davis
- Feb 28
- 3 min
Why God's Immutability Matters
Is theology practical? Do the deep doctrines learned in the seminary classroom really make a difference in the everyday lives of busy...
John Davis
- Feb 15
- 4 min
Will I Have a Mid-Life Crisis?
That’s a question I have honestly asked myself before, not because I feel one coming on, but because you always hear about it, especially...
John Davis
- Feb 7
- 2 min
How Were Old Testament Saints Saved?
If it’s true what Jesus said, that no one can come to the Father except through him (John 14:6), then the question is, How were believers...
John Davis
- Feb 3
- 4 min
Does Suicide Ensure Hell?
Recently I had someone ask me if suicide was the unforgivable sin. This is not an uncommon belief among Christians. Many simply assume...
John Davis
- Jan 24
- 4 min
The Thrill of Discovery
I will never forget the first time I walked in the doors of the City Museum in St. Louis. I was a Youth Minister back then, overseeing a...
John Davis
- Jan 18
- 3 min
Helping One Another Hold On to Jesus
There are sixty unique one-another commands in the New Testament. Through the biblical authors, God tells us to bear one another's...
John Davis
- Jan 11
- 2 min
A New, Simple Way to Study the Bible
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…” - Colossians 3:16 This year I’m trying out a new method of Bible study. It’s very simple. I...
John Davis
- Jan 4
- 3 min
This Transformed My Prayer Life
I think we can all admit that we struggle with prayer. It’s hard. Most of us are not good at being silent and concentrating for extended...
John Davis
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
The Unfathomable Glory of the Incarnation
Think with me for a moment about how amazing the birth of Jesus truly was and is. Of all the religions in the world, only Christianity...