Hatguy's Blog

Photo by Hennie Stander on Unsplash The stories most of our cultures are telling us right now—which we see played out in our politics—consist of corruption, backwardness, fear, and massive confusion about identity. Evil is pernicious. And today, it has gradually worn down the hope and vitality...

Sex is more than just when you should have it, who you should have it with, and how you (should) prefer it. I tuck my kids away at night and think about how boyish they are. I think about how the bath that night turned brown and mirky within seconds of them getting in, thanks to their grubby...

*These are thoughts from an upcoming (free) book called Holy Sin.* It’s common to think of our Christian life as an inward battle of sin where we have to ‘overcome the flesh’. Typically we hear statements like, “feed the Spirit, starve the flesh.” We often hear people quote Paul from Romans 7 -...

The "Law" in the scriptures has to be seen primarily in the light of ‘use’. We tend to think only in the category of what the Law says, which is fair and well, but we have to uncover how God uses law (in all its forms) so we can understand his intention behind it and, subsequently, understand...

When Jesus died on the cross he died for you. Now, typically we hear that and think that he died so that we don’t have to be punished for our sins. I agree to that, but it’s not the whole story. “The Law” in scripture, which you read a lot about in Romans 5 – 8 and the book of Galatians, means...

For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit. – Romans 8:5 What does it mean to live in the Spirit? We often think of the Spirit as some kind of...

*This continues a series of thoughts from a free book, "Holy Sin", due to be released in August.* Our self-righteous nature finds a thousand ways to kick against God’s free grace and even despise it. If you really think about it, there’s something inside of every one of us that wants to fix the...

Christianity is primarily not a moral religion – something that we need to come to terms with if we want to live in the Holy Spirit, as the Bible instructs us to do (Romans 8 and many other places). We can’t water-down Jesus’ teachings to moralism. Jesus was pointing to things that are far more...

“Seeing the crowds, [Jesus] went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. “And he opened his mouth and taught them.” “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 5 Are you poor in spirit? Struggling to live a holy life? Do you...

There is good news for those who are weary. Weary of the endless cycle of sin and despair and unreachable righteousness. Really, there is. You don’t need to measure up. Too many of us live in perpetual spiritual despair or, at best, inconsistent highs and lows. People speak of holiness and we...

It's the first time I'm blogging here - and I'm going to be blogging quite regularly in hopes of receiving some critical feedback for my upcoming book, Holy Sin. I'm almost finished the book (at about 60,000 words) and it's quite theological in nature. The book will be free once it's released...