The Star of Bethlehem* is one of the untapped mysteries of the Christmas story. Much has been said about the wise men, the shepherds and angels, the inn and manger, but little has been said about the star. The story of the Star of Bethlehem The entire...
I'm back from my week away filming the six-part video companion series to my book 30 Days to Understanding the Bible. Everything went well, and I invite you to visit my Facebook page to see pictures and the report on the week. But now, back to...
I am on hiatus from the blog this week. At the request of my publisher, Thomas Nelson, I’ve recently written a six-part video companion series to my book 30 Days to Understanding the Bible, and this is the week we’ll be recording the videos. When I originally...
There are four questions that science can’t answer that add to my conviction that God exists. First, how did something come from nothing? We dealt with that question two weeks ago, so I won’t go into detail on that question now, but I include it here,...
Last week, I introduced the first and most powerful argument for the existence of God that stabilized my shaky faith as a newer Christian, which is the existence of the universe, simply put: God is the best explanation for why there is something rather than...
Last week, I talked about the fact that in the early years of my faith, I had not yet been confronted with some of the formidable challenges to the Christian faith. When I did, I got momentarily overwhelmed, and as a result, I went looking...
There was a time when I was a Christian, but I wasn’t rock-solid in my confidence that what I believed was true. I became a Christian in college during a time of intense personal crisis. In the midst of my trouble, like a man drowning at...
God is working in powerful and amazing ways today around the world. However, we, in United States are often not aware of it because most of it is not happening here. Christianity is exploding in Latin America, Africa, India, the Middle East, China, and southern Asia. ...
In her helpful book, Switch on Your Brain, Christian neuroscientist Dr. Caroline Leaf makes a striking statement that should cause the hearts of committed Christians to sing: Structured repetition of helpful information, guided and focused attention, and the strategic feeding of our minds will foster improved...
Philippians 2:12–13 says, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who is at work within you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” We will be looking at some other passages in a moment, but notice the...