Coming Untrue

It was Epicurus who first posed this famous paradox around 350 BC: “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not om...

Every day of our lives, by means of the Holy Spirit’s agency, God is steadily working away to achieve in each of us the character of his ...

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Does your church need an ... er ... equalizer? “You have gone too far! For all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the...

If all believers are really priests, why is it that some churches still don’t allow women to exercise the priestly role of teaching the B...

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In the wake of the U.S. election, Crawford Paul muses on the role of the church in a democracy. Here’s his setup: “The dilemma comes...

In modern English usage, the difference between jealousy and envy is not clear-cut, as this Merriam-Webster article helpfully points out...

It’s Star Trek time again. Relax, I’m into the third season of the original series; my fascination with this particular retro-pop cul...

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“Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief.” (Isaiah 53:10, KJV) “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well ...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Yesterday, Immanuel Can and I discussed the po...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Anybody bristling at the thought of one more wor...

The dromedary is singularly unimpressed. One handy-dandy Oxford definition : meh EXCLAMATION informal Expressing a lack of inte...

“What a great idea!” “Sure, run with it.” “I trust your judgment.” Some people need approval more than others. Some don’t really ...

I’m watching a bunch of crazy people. Or at least they’re acting that way. YouTube is full of videos of disappointed young liberals...

I know more than a few lonely people. There’s no single — or simple — explanation for their loneliness. There are those who, often th...

“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.” ― Baltasar Gracián I can’t help but notice that all throu...

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. It’s the end of the world as we know it ... ...