“This generation is the first to turn hate into an asset.” So begins an important new book, A Gentle Answer, by Scott Sauls. It is a quote by Dr. John Perkins, an 89-year-old Christian minister and civil rights icon who has suffered greatly at the hands...
It seems hard to believe, but where I live, we are in our 14th week of Coronavirus quarantine. Like other states, we are systematically beginning to reopen our economy and social structure, and are praying for the best as we do. We’ve been through another unsettling...
For the last several months, the coronavirus pandemic has dominated our every waking hour. Social distancing, the efficacy of masks, and the readiness to reopen were virtually the only subjects being discussed on national media. And now this past week, overnight, the pandemic was utterly eclipsed...
When we share our faith, *“we are not selling, we’re telling.” For the last two weeks, I blogged on why people don’t believe in God. After all, God crafted the created world with enough certainty to believe in Him if one wants to. Psalm 19:1-2 says, “The...
Last week, we looked at three possible reasons why people do not believe in God: Lack of information Some people have only ever been taught evolution and have never heard the compelling evidence for the existence of God. When they finally do hear it, they believe...
God crafted the created world with enough certainty to believe in Him if one wants to. It is clear that God considers the evidence He has given us to be sufficient. Psalm 19:1-2 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work...
Truth can change you There is some truth so important that it changes you powerfully the first moment you hear it. For example, if Publishers Clearing House rang your doorbell and said, “Congratulations! You have just won $5,000 a week for the rest of your life,”...
God’s deliverances often are not tidy affairs. They are typically not quick and easy. Instead of a “poof,” they are often – from a human perspective – starts and stops. Israel’s deliverance from Egypt Take, for example, the deliverance of the children of Israel out of Egypt...
We are living in a time in which it has become socially unacceptable to judge the behavior of another. It’s not hard to understand why. In such a libertarian age in which we all want to be free to do what we want to do...
There are so many details we are responsible for in the Christian life that if I make a list of them and try to attend to them all, it is easy to get overwhelmed. So, I look for broader, unifying principles that might help me...