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03
Jan
2026

Why So Many Churches?: How the Episcopal Church Began – Part 13

Episcopal

Picture this: It’s 1783. You are an American who just fought in a war to break free from British rule. Your new nation celebrates independence. But every Sunday, you still pray for the King of England in church. Awkward, right?

This was the strange reality facing American Anglicans after the Revolution. They had a problem that went beyond politics. The Church of England wasn’t just their spiritual home. It was legally tied to the British crown. And the king wasn’t just a symbolic figurehead. He was literally the head of their church. Suddenly, this arrangement was no longer feasible.

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Posted by Eddie Lawrence in Church History
13
Dec
2025

Skeptics Called David a Myth. Then the Tel Dan Inscription Turned Up

Tel Dan Inscription

In November 2024, my wife and I stood inches from one of the most significant biblical archaeological discoveries ever made. The Tel Dan Inscription sat behind glass at Armstrong Auditorium in Edmond, Oklahoma, thousands of miles from its ancient home. We stared at broken basalt fragments covered in Aramaic script, and I felt the weight of what we were seeing. This wasn’t a replica or a photograph, this was the real thing. 

This ancient stele contained two words that provided the first undisputed proof that King David was real, not legend. For decades, skeptics had dismissed David as a mythical figure like King Arthur. But, when archaeologists found these fragments at a dig site in Israel, everything changed.

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Posted by Eddie Lawrence in Archaeology
06
Dec
2025

What Paul Really Means by “The Flesh”

When you hear the New Testament speak of “the flesh,” what comes to mind?

All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts… (Eph. 2:3 BEREAN)1

For many Christians, we might conclude it refers to our physical bodies. We think Paul is warning us against physical desires and bodily appetites. We assume the path to holiness means suppressing our physical nature. As it turns out, that’s not what Paul means at all! Because of our assumptions about what the flesh is, many of us may be fighting the wrong enemy.

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Posted by Eddie Lawrence in Ephesians
29
Nov
2025

Spiritual Zombies? What Calvinism Gets Wrong in Ephesians 2:1

Zombies

Paul opens Ephesians 2 with a strong statement: “You were dead in your trespasses and sins.” Some readers jump straight to the idea of “spiritual death” (an unbiblical concept I explore in another article). Calvinists build an entire doctrine of total inability on this verse. By “total inability,” they mean that people are so corrupted by sin that they cannot believe in God, repent, or respond to the gospel unless God first gives them new spiritual life. So, they are totally unable to choose to follow God on their own; God must first give them the ability to turn to Him. 

Yet Paul was not talking about spiritual zombies who cannot respond to God. He was doing something far more grounded in the language and imagery of his world. Let’s slow down and follow Paul’s flow of thought.

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Posted by Eddie Lawrence in Calvinism, Ephesians, Original Sin
22
Nov
2025

The Day Jesus Joined the Church Staff Meeting

Shepherd

Part of the problem with the American church’s biblical worldview isn’t just biblical ignorance, it’s neglect. As I’ve written before, a distorted view of God happens when His shepherds fail to tend to the flock. I must confess my own shortcomings in this matter or risk being hypocritical. I am not a pastor, nor am I part of a church staff, but as an introvert’s introvert, it is more comfortable for me to keep fellow believers at arm’s length and avoid the messy, real-life problems of other disciples.

I am repenting of this, yet I fear slipping back into comfortable routines where I seek the quiet of my home to study and ponder another portion of Scripture. If we are going to imitate Jesus, it means spending time with people. The truth is, caring for the hurting and walking alongside those in need is not only the church staff’s job, but also the responsibility of every Christian. Keep that in mind as you read the fictional story below of “Any Church, USA.”

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Posted by Eddie Lawrence in Biblical Worldview, Church, Church Leadership, Fiction