Winging It

It is a common argument against the existence of God -- perhaps the most common. The argument goes something like this: 1. If an omnipoten...

Distracted driving has always been with us, of course. In the earliest of days it was scenery and passersby. Then there were advertisements ...

It really wasn't that long ago that "coming out of the closet" was all the rage. At this point in time, it seems silly when we...

Romans 9 is, as far as I can see, abundantly clear in what it is saying. In order to avoid what it is clearly saying, many have opted to ...

It's April 1st -- April Fool's Day. As if April 1st had a corner on the fools market. There are varying explanations as to the origi...

The older group knows the classic "Onward Christian Soldiers" kind of mindset. There is the "Salvation Army" and the Bat...

"Legacy of Anti-LGBTQ Behavior" The San Antonio City Council has banned Chick-fil-A from its airport due a "legacy of anti-...

J.I. Packer wrote a book titled Knowing God . I read it. I liked it. In that book Packer said that there is a difference between knowing God...

I took a vacation last week. Nice time. Visited the Grand Canyon with family and friends. Of course, it snowed on the first day of Spring wh...

All religions have various levels of adherents. There are the nominal -- those in name only -- all the way to the devout. There are liberal ...

In Jeremiah 29 God sent a letter to "all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon" (Jer 29:4). "Oka...

Many of us can feel fairly confident that we have a pretty good chunk of good doctrine. We have the truth. We embrace the truth. We defend t...

Isaiah wrote, "You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You" (Isa 26:3). As we all k...

Measures to Prevent Murders In Zaoyang, China, a man attempted to kill his wife and daughter before driving his car onto a street and ramm...

Paul urged the Colossians, "See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, accor...

What is a creed? In general, a creed is a statement of beliefs or aims. It is most often associated with Christian or other religious belief...

I write a lot about definitions. You see, words are not actual substance. They are symbols for communicating ideas and realities. So if we d...

I've harped on words forever, I suppose. Too much, some might say. But not me. And here's an example of why. Have you heard of the...

I recently wrote about the problem we American Christians have with Jesus's "Sell all your possessions" because of our own wea...

I am reading Colossians and came across Epaphras whom Paul identifies as "a faithful minister of Christ" (Col 1:8). What is that? ...