Winging It

Go Figure The Supreme Court upheld the Tennessee law that prevents minors from receiving "gender-affirming care" (in quotes beca...

Lots of Christians have the mistaken idea that when God forgives our sin, He forgets our sin. Now, this is obvious nonsense. An Omniscient B...

In October of 2006, I wrote this piece. It is my most viewed entry and it has almost 200 comments. I wonder if it's still controversial ...

You've heard we should "walk this way." Maybe it's how we should act in certain situations or how we should be good Christ...

We're Americans. You know, "the land of the free." And, although it's a myth, we're mostly free. In earlier eras the ...

Most people don't know it, but the Bible inhabits a lot of the corners of our lives without us even knowing it. We have a lot of idioms...

Scripture refers repeatedly to a person of the Trinity that is called "the Father." Jesus often referred to Him as "Father,...

California Burning Californians are mad. They're violently protesting Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration in Los Angeles. Pro...

We had a special event at church recently. At one point, the speaker had the married couples stand. Then he told husbands to repeat after hi...

The word, "surpassing," means "going beyond." Scripture says, "Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every ...

I grew up being told that in order to become a Christian you had to "accept Christ." Is that true? It turns out you can't find...

If you're a believer, you certainly want to be used by God for His glory. Maybe some or maybe a little or maybe a lot, but all believers...

Paul wrote, Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. One person has faith that ...

Growing up, I understood that every real prayer had to end in "In the name of Jesus, Amen." I mean, didn't Jesus say, "T...

Captain Obvious Carried to its logical conclusion, a pro-Palestinian man attacked a demonstration in support of Israel in Boulder Colorado...

Interesting word ... "so." The dictionary defines it as "to such a great extent" or "to the same extent" or ...

We looked yesterday at "dead in sin." One of the recurring themes in Scripture is "dead to self." Jesus said, "If a...

Paul wrote, "And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, accordi...

It's complicated. So they tell me. But it is. Why do we do what we do? I hear people (on all sides) declaring why Trump is doing what h...

I'm short on time, so this will be short. We had Communion in church yesterday and I found myself musing over something. Paul records th...

There is no small number of genuine believers who argue that salvation can be lost. They do so largely based on actual texts, so don't b...

At It Again The Texas House has given preliminary approval to require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments in an 8...

John wrote of Jesus, "All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made" (John 1:3). Paul wro...

Scripture has a lot of stuff that ... well ... makes a lot of sense, but there are some things that are ... jarring, to say the least. Look ...

It's a little book -- one chapter, 25 verses -- but Jude packs a punch, starting with Jude, the brother of James (Jude 1:1). That is, th...