Winging It

The year was 1965 when Hollywood came out with a witty attempt to advance gender equality. The movie title was Billie , starring Patty Duke ...

Most people have heard of the "Five Points of Calvinism" (a lousy name, if I may say so). They are encapsulated (poorly in my opin...

For your Sunday worship, how about considering a passage like this. 14 I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in hea...

So, we've endured a "government shutdown" thanks to the GOP in general and the Tea Party in particular. That's what they...

I've been reading Ephesians for the past few weeks. I found this quite interesting. 1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved childr...

I like words. I like "anthropocentrism" which refers to a view that holds "anthropos" -- Man -- as the center of the uni...

I try to keep up, I suppose, but there are still a lot of things going on in the world of which I'm wholly unaware. One of these is a co...

Have you ever noticed how often arguments can simply be turned around on the one making the argument? Perhaps you've seen this before: ...

As anyone should easily be able to tell from my writings, I think that marriage is defined by tradition, by history, and by Scripture and is...

Let's face it. Human beings are wired for worship. We do it by nature. We cannot not worship. It's just what we do. We normally t...

I tried a new church a few weeks back. It promised "a blend of traditional and contemporary worship" and expository teaching. Expo...

You cannot visit a difficult circumstance without hearing someone say, "Everything happens for a reason." At first glance, it is o...

There is a well-known account of the Pharisees testing Jesus with a particularly difficult argument they themselves were having (Matt 19:1-1...

I gave you my understanding of free will. I'd like to look for a few moments at the biblical input on the topic. After all, we know tha...

One of the most debated concepts in Christianity is the concept of Free Will. One side says that God is Sovereign and Man's Free Will do...

It is standard morality in today's society that sex is primarily a recreational pastime that carries no special meaning and ought to be ...

Some time ago I was having a conversation with a couple of Christian coworkers. We were discussing our eagerness to leave this world and joi...

Try to find out what the Gospel is and you'll get a lot of different answers. There is the social gospel and there is the street-corner ...

I've offered a series of Scriptures that argue both that we must persevere and that God insures that He keeps His own. And I've of...

The Bible is full of commands that we need to persevere, to hold fast, to stand firm, to obey. God's Word contains many warnings that we...