Coming Untrue

Today I want to do a short follow-up from yesterday’s post, which was about bad songs that conservative evangelical congregations are si...

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“I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth …” A few years ago I sat through a summer camp message from ...

“How do you separate from bad friends without hurting them or making them think you’re stuck up?” That is indeed a tall order. And I...

“Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry ‘Peace’ when they have something to eat , but declare wa...

Proverbs is an ancient book. While it addresses the human condition and therefore remains profoundly relatable, it also contains plenty ...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Hey, the new Gillette commercial is being talk...

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“Do not preach” — thus they preach  — “one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us.” The only thing our soci...

At the church I attended as a teen, there was a family of three. I suppose they were reasonably affluent, though I did not pay much atte...

“How can I be a witness to my friends and still be accepted?” It is important to realize there are really two questions here, not on...

Schindler’s List was a very successful 1990s movie about a German businessman and member of the Nazi party who saved the lives of hundr...

We’re past the halfway point of the Thirty Sayings, and so far we’ve covered a wide range of topics. This week’s selection is no excepti...

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Christians are entering troubled times. I suspect we are already well on our way into a thick and rather gloomy forest, but because ...

“What if I have doubts about my faith? What should I do?” I’m going to try to answer this in a very general way, since you don’t spe...

The apostle Paul (and Timothy) to the church of God in Corinth: “For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it — ...

There’s a little something for almost everybody in this week’s selection of proverbs: children, parents and seniors, alcoholics and othe...