Questions About God

This morning my students have their comprehensive end-of-course written exam and part of my instructions to them is if they have a question about a question to ask for clarification. That got me thinking about questions about God; about His authenticity; about His...

So Here’s Our Chance

Following on the footsteps of Senator-elect Scott Brown’s stunning defeat of Democrat Martha Coakley in Massachusetts, the euphoria of a possible conservative comeback is thick in the air. My question to all who want to see this country rescued from the...

Rachel and the Hyde Amendment

“Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor. Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, ‘Do not fear; you will have this son...

A City Broken Down

I was reading the Proverb for the day (I confess it has been a while), and I came across this nugget at the end of Proverbs 25: “Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls.” (Proverbs 25:28) I’ve read that verse literally...

Every Day Is A Worship Experience

How do we protect ourselves from being “conformed to this world”? We have to give up our rights to ourselves: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your...