Winging It

This was a new one to me. But it was enlightening. Walter Bauer was a German theologian. He published a work in 1934 with a German title I ...

Thanks to the ruling the other day, there are those who are afraid that the gays have stolen marriage. They've taken what has always bee...

The verdict is in. The 138-page ruling is here . According to the court document, the plaintiffs, including "Arnold Schwarzenegger, in ...

Maybe you've heard this argument. There is no god. Proof? Evil exists in the world. Now, if there was a god, there would be no evil. You...

Someone once asked a pastor about me, "How can Stan believe that stuff?" (He had recently discovered that I was -- gasp -- a ...

CBS Sunday Morning had an interview with Hugh Hefner yesterday. They talked about his life, his relationships, his image. They touted how, ...

"God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:24) It's such a simple verse. You may even...

We live in a fallen world. Paul says that "the creation was subjected to futility". There is decay, corruption, something wrong. L...

I have an idea. We don't want racism ruling Arizona (or anywhere else). Any thinking person agrees on that. I sure do. And "reasona...

We've been told collectively (and I've been told personally) that until you've "walked a mile in someone else's shoes...

It's coming, folks. It's looming on the horizon ... if "the horizon" is defined as "this week". On July 29th, Ar...

A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that cheerleading is not a sport. The question came up because of an item called "Title IX...

Welcome to the new Dispensationalism. Okay, it's not technically new , but it's pretty young. Original Dispensationalism was contras...

The Psalms have been a part of worship for true believers for centuries. There was a time in the Church when the only allowable songs were ...

Joel Osteen is a popular preacher these days. With his winning smile and his massive congregation and his wonderful, friendly gospel that te...

Do you know what prooftexting is? It's when you take a verse or a short passage in Scripture to prove a particular doctrinal point you...

The standard objection to Reformed theology, worded a variety of ways, seems to boil down to a single thought: "Free will!" We hav...

It's the political period. You know. Voting time is around the corner. So we are flooded with signs for pet candidates and pet projects....

Paul says in a couple of places that salvation is "not of works" and specifies the objection he is overcoming: "Lest any man ...

Can Americans be Christian? Well, of course we can. I mean, what is there about being a citizen of the United States that would contradict b...