“I believe in justice: but I am not a preacher of the gospel of justice, but the Gospel of Christ who calls us to justice. I believe in love, but I am not a preacher of the gospel of love, but the Gospel of Christ who calls us to love. I am committed to peace, [...]

Walking through the mall last night, I visited a favorite outdoor supply shop of mine. Which one isn’t important, but they carry lots of great stuff, emphasis on the stuff because not one item in there is really essential for life. Which I find somewhat entertaining as it considers itself a ‘nature store.’ They have [...]

This is the transcript and PowerPoint presentation of a session I gave at the Associated Christian Schools Annual Conference in July 2010.  The files are in pdf format for ease of use. The session was only an hour in length, so my goal was to present a thumbnail sketch of current scholarship surrounding the life, [...]

Christians need to be aware that the outside world does not understand the most basic of things when it comes to the spiritual world. Those eyes have been blinded and therefore they are incapable of comprehending things believers take for granted. In order to understand exactly where these misunderstandings or misconceptions lie, we must listen [...]

We’ve been away for a while. Sorry about that. We’ve had a wedding in another country, a move to a new town, three cases of bronchitis and a pregnancy (twins) which has kept our schedule pretty full. As wonderful as all that has been (except the bronchitis, thank you) we’re very glad to be back. [...]

Why Christianity? Do you think that religious beliefs are a cause of disruptions or even violence in society?
As we have been looking into Kingdom Grace, what it is to be accepted into the Kingdom, live in the Kingdom, live with each other and with God, a few questions may come to mind. The world in [...]

This is a continued discussion from three gentlemen in one of the men’s Bible studies online here. It is, in part, a discussion between Catholics and Protestants, and I will not take sides, though it surely seem I do. It is my goal to simply look at the language and hermeneutics of the passages as [...]

Someone asked a group of us what we thought the opposite of love is. Hate, Selfishness, Rebellion, Apathy, and Fear all came up as possible answers. Good answers. Even some fairly interesting theology shuffling around in there. I prayed on it a bit and thought it over and after a while I decided perhaps LOVE [...]

Q. What makes you think Christianity is true?

A.Now comes the difficult part, as Chesterton said; to put all these things down. It would take a book that others have written(1), so I suggest you read those and I will say only this:
When one knows something so completely and believes it so fundamentally, it is more [...]

The law is essentially a reflection of who God is. When we try to reach God by obeying the law though, we try to reflect a reflection and hence become ever more distorted. Like fun-house mirrors, reflections on reflections, twisted and misshapen. Following a law in order to be like God is nothing short of [...]

I have built my house to my specs and now, in order to fit the building code of the Kingdom I attempt a little reform. Knock a wall down here, a wall down there, put in a window, a garage for my SUV that I’m praying expectantly for.
This is merely adherence to the law, and [...]

Are the existence of God and the presence of evil mutually exclusive? Does the death and suffering we witness in the world around us every day somehow speak against God? In these posts I argue that not only is it possible for God to have a morally sound reason for allowing suffering, but without God evil could not even be said to exist.

Haiti
As many people know by now, Haiti has been devastated by an earthquake that registered 7.0 on the Richter scale. Many are wondering what can be done, how can we help, what do they need, how bad is it and is it getting worse. Photos here. Be warned, it is somewhat graphic. CNN’s IMPACT YOUR [...]

“Do you have any tips for finding a good church?”
Short Answer:
Well, there is only ONE church, as stated in the Apostles’ Creed, “sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam” or “the holy catholic church,” that is, eternal and universal. The gathering of the people of God throughout time and space. When you profess faith in Christ, as the Apostles’ [...]

Humans strive for balance but tend to extremes. In fact, we all strive for balance precisely because we know we tend to extremes. Extreme right, extreme left or extremely center.
Front of the bus, middle of the road, back of the church.

Living in Japan has given me a view of the world geographically, politically and culturally [...]

Is it heretical or even irreverent to represent The Creator God, The Father, as a woman?
It’s not that Young makes The Father figure of the Trinity into a black woman that reeks of blasphemy, but that he makes Him into anything at all. We create graven images when we do such; we must allow God [...]

The white snow, the holly, mistletoe and plaster nativity. Christmas trees and Christmas cake. Lots of presents and eggnog! Yay! Sleigh bells jingle, a ring jing jingle away.  Such warmth and love! Chestnuts by the fire, as we sing with ones we know and love, cozy and friendly. So this is Christmas!
Wait… how did we [...]

Question
Short answer: No.
Longer answer:  No. At least, probably not. We have an idea that He may have been born sometime in the late Spring or early Summer given the likely time of the census. But we really have no idea. A lawyer in the States using astronomy software probably (at least in my book) found [...]

Sept 17th, 1948 – Dec. 11 2009.
We shouldn’t suffer Del’s life to be reduced to that tiny “dash” between dates. His passing was quite sudden and that certainly never makes it any easier. He turned 61 just a few months back and once said that he planned to live to a hundred. Well, [...]

A Call of Christian Conscience
Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family.
We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths [...]

Someone asks, “What’s it mean, ‘But the lukewarm I will spit out of my mouth’?” By itself this statement has no certain meaning. Probably this is an allusion to Revelation 3:16Revelation 3:16English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV16 But since you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my [...]

Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog
Find new books and literate friends with Shelfari, the online book club.

The hardest people to reach with the Gospel of Jesus Christ are arguably “nice people.”
There are so many who see “religion” as simply a way to make the world ‘nicer,’ to make people ‘good’ or to keep society from, as the Joker put it, ‘eating itself’ instead of simply the response required of Man to [...]

From C.S. Lewis
In space you can move in three ways-to left or right, backward or forward, up or down. Every direction is either one of these three or a compromise between them. They are called the three Dimensions. Now notice this. If you are using one dimension, you could draw only a straight line. If [...]

Intelligent Design
A lot of people allege that the ID movement is nothing more than the old God-of-the-gaps idea, dressed in new clothing.  But is this the case?  I don’t think so, and I’ll tell you why.  IDers aren’t merely waiting for evolutionists to say “We don’t know” so that they can jump in and say [...]