Category: Christianity

It is argued that in the West we now live in a post-Christian age (e.g. see here, here, and here) I accept that as true if you consider post-Christian as the loss of Christian centrality in a once Christian culture…

All over the United States this weekend, sports, while providing a diversion from some of the immediate problems facing this country, also embraced the historic in remembering the past and in its own way tried to offer a bit of…

Packer begins this final chapter with an assumption, stated clearly in the title: that God is adequate. He bases his arguments from the book of Romans. He starts out by asking a question, “What do you look for in the…

Hear, oh Islam: The Lord our God is One Lord; And He so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him, whoever calls upon his name, whoever trusts in him for his salvation,…

The events are devastating, dwarfing not only those who survived the initial storm but overwhelming everyone who had the responsibility of dealing with the aftermath and responding to problems. The situation is unprecedented. However, because of that, ready platitudes and…

There are several questions that we begin asking at a very early age and then continue asking throughout our lives. Everyone is familiar with the two or three year old child who responds to some request with, “Why?” And then…

Back on July 27, I asked a question: “What is your hardest verse in the Bible?” I also answered the question for myself and challenged anyone who read the post to consider answering the question for themselves and then linking…

Is worship only giving what you offer to God during the course of your day, your week, in prayer and services? Or, does it include what you receive? Why do so many leave churches claiming they are not being fed…

Sometimes it is important to add your voice to a subject. Your unique view might give valuable insight that touches on points that others do not. Sometimes you write about something because it helps you to clarify your own thinking….

Most of us spent at least some the time during our periods of formal education engaging in bull sessions, wrestling with ideas with a group of friends or acquaintances in a self-sustaining battle of ideas in which point and counterpoint…