Exploring faith, doubt, and everything in between.https://probablytheology.com/https://probablytheology.com/blog/the-narrative-of-the-beatitudes/https://probablytheology.com/blog/the-narrative-of-the-beatitudes/The Beatitudes aren't a random list of nice things. There's a narrative flowing through them — and it changes everything.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://probablytheology.com/blog/work-as-unto-the-lord/https://probablytheology.com/blog/work-as-unto-the-lord/Christians should be the most motivated people on earth. So why aren't we? Maybe we've been too embarrassed to talk about the reward.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://probablytheology.com/blog/give-up-your-hope/https://probablytheology.com/blog/give-up-your-hope/1 Peter 1:1–9 is pure gold. It strikes me in three ways — and the first one might sound backwards.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://probablytheology.com/blog/the-most-excellent-way/https://probablytheology.com/blog/the-most-excellent-way/Faith, hope, and love. We've heard it a thousand times. But Paul wasn't writing a greeting card — he was telling a fractured church what actually lasts.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://probablytheology.com/blog/the-scandal-of-a-running-father/https://probablytheology.com/blog/the-scandal-of-a-running-father/We've turned the prodigal son into a simple moral tale. But there's something in this story that should stop us cold — and it's not the son's rebellion.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://probablytheology.com/blog/whos-standing-between-you-and-god/https://probablytheology.com/blog/whos-standing-between-you-and-god/The curtain is torn. The high priest's robes are torn. So why do we keep letting people and institutions position themselves between us and the Most High?Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://probablytheology.com/blog/the-addiction-to-being-right/https://probablytheology.com/blog/the-addiction-to-being-right/Do you like to win? I know I do. But where does that motivation come from — and what is it costing us?Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://probablytheology.com/blog/the-ache-of-a-fathers-love/https://probablytheology.com/blog/the-ache-of-a-fathers-love/David's grief for Absalom gives us a glimpse into the universe-shaking love with which God loves us — and what it cost Him.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://probablytheology.com/blog/when-the-tempter-questions-your-identity/https://probablytheology.com/blog/when-the-tempter-questions-your-identity/'If you are the Son of God...' — the same line of attack Satan used on Jesus, he uses on you. Here's why it doesn't work.Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://probablytheology.com/blog/in-what-are-you-really-trusting/https://probablytheology.com/blog/in-what-are-you-really-trusting/Am I trusting in my understanding of the gospel? My Bible reading skills? My traditions? My good deeds? What am I ultimately trusting in?Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://probablytheology.com/blog/where-is-god-when-everything-falls-apart/https://probablytheology.com/blog/where-is-god-when-everything-falls-apart/A friend of mine lost his baby girl half an hour after she was born. What he learned about God through that time changed my understanding of grief.Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://probablytheology.com/blog/one-man-three-promises/https://probablytheology.com/blog/one-man-three-promises/Be like Jesus. Seek truth. Live by the Spirit. Three simple instructions from John 14:6 that reshape how you live your entire life.Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://probablytheology.com/blog/the-happiness-trap/https://probablytheology.com/blog/the-happiness-trap/Western culture's obsession with happiness doesn't exactly prepare you for life. But the story we inherit through Scripture does.Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT