A choice between two worldviews
Worldview 1 If there is no personal Creator, our existence is most certainly a cosmic accident. We exist by chance, not by design or purpose. We exist in a deterministic universe governed by raw...
View ArticleGrace and Truth in the public square
I’ve written for public newspapers for many years and I receive three types of letters in response to my columns. Some encourage me to “Keep being a voice for truth.” “We appreciate your willingness to...
View ArticleFree from a grammar of obligation
“We live in an age whose chief moral value has been determined, by overwhelming consensus, to be the absolute liberty of personal volition, the power of each of us to choose what he or she believes,...
View ArticleDoes atheism require nihilism?
During my years of training, a string of contemporary thinkers (both secular and religious) began promoting views of humanity that downplayed depravity by offering more utopian notions of human...
View ArticleJudge not, lest you be judged.
Try sharing a strong moral opinion in a mixed crowd and notice how quickly you’ll hear: “Judge not, lest you be judged.” These are perhaps the most well known words of Jesus. They’re commonly used to...
View ArticleWhen does truth matter to you?
Have you ever been lied to or deceived? Did you feel betrayed when someone led you to believe in one reality when the opposite was true? It can feel like having the wind knocked out of you when...
View ArticleThe word of God is alive and active
Five key passages describing the role of Scripture in spiritual transformation. Continue reading →
View ArticleWhen faith causes doubts
Some struggle because they doubt; I sometimes struggle because I believe. I am not completely sure what role faith and prayer play in the painful and perplexing drama of human suffering. Continue...
View ArticleWorship & Witness
The zeal of the people of God should be that without exception (every knee and every tongue) should acknowledge the supreme honor given to Jesus. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe divine origin of Scripture
At the present moment in the life of the Church, there is an urgent need to reaffirm with deep conviction and clarity the divine origin of Scripture. Continue reading →
View ArticleTop 5 Arguments against eternal punishment
Most people know that the Bible doesn’t describe a pleasant end for those who reject God’s offer of salvation through Jesus Christ. But what type of judgment falls on them? Continue reading →
View ArticleTwo versions of reality
Why do humans everywhere throughout all of history intuitively feel a pervasive longing for meaning, morality and destiny?Read more ›
View ArticleMost important spiritual lesson
I am continually relearning this truth about my total dependence on God.
View ArticleA true Christian
"The Christian knows that all this happened for him, and it has changed his whole attitude towards God and to his fellow- men."
View ArticleFaith in science?
Naive young people are vulnerable to the impression that science has conclusively proven that nothing beyond nature could have any conceivable relevance to what happens in nature.
View ArticleThe Bible – an amazing book about life
Read the Bible with an open mind. It answers important questions about the way life is. More importantly, it offers hope by mapping the way out of the darkness of a world full of evil, suffering and...
View ArticleEvery Jekyll has his Hyde
Humans are beings of dignity (made in the image of the good Creator) and beings of depravity (fallen from that image). This explains a lot about the world and about our daily struggles. Continue...
View ArticleFour servants of God who battled fierce despair
Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading →
View ArticleWhat does postmodern mean?
This is my most popular post with almost 100,000 views. Continue reading →
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