Winging It

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that things change. Of course they do. And, of course, for most of history the older generation h...

English is a hard language. Seriously hard. Perhaps some of the Asian languages are more difficult, but English is near the top of hard lang...

"She was a Christian, but she was distraught about her daughter's death all those years ago. 'Why would God take my child?'...

It is rumored that the likes of Martin Luther or Charles Wesley said it first: "Why should the devil have all the good music?" Tur...

My wife and I saw the recent movie, I Can Only Imagine . It's the story behind the hit song of the same name. It tells why the songwrit...

Simplified Tax Returns This ought to simplify our tax forms. We've been told that healthcare, especially universal healthcare, is a hum...

They asked "How will it affect you if we redefine marriage to include same-sex couples?" (No, they didn't, actually. While th...

Today's loudest voices demand "tolerance" and "equality." While they don't suggest these are the same thing (and...

Evangelism (not the same as Evangelicalism) is the word we use to refer to sharing the gospel -- the good news about Christ -- with others. ...

Here's the claim: "Absolute faith in the plain sense of Scripture turns a Christian into a fool and the Bible into a graven idol....

James wrote, "A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways" (James 1:8). Double-minded. It seems to be the standard rather than...

"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain."...

Slippery Slope Fallacy I have often said that the slippery slope fallacy -- "If you do X, then Y will happen" -- is not a fallacy...

I live and work in a major U.S. city. It is the 5th largest city in the U.S. by population and happens to be in the desert. I work in the ci...

My wife watched me put together my taco -- cheese, meat, lettuce, onions, sauce, cheese, cheese, cheese. "Isn't that a little too m...

Paul wrote, So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Cor 10:31) I read, "Big or little, anythi...

Okay, nothing spiritual or controversial or even biblical here. Just a grammar question. Maybe someone smarter than me can help me out here....

The other day I was pondering a concept. In a recent church service I had some difficulties with the "order of worship" -- song se...

There is a mysterious verse in 1 John. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that w...

It Has Come to This You may not have heard of the company -- I hadn't -- but a startup called WeWork has engaged in social engineering...