Coming Untrue

I hate to waste food. I also like a dash of pasta sauce in my morning omelette. So last week when I noticed a little yellow spot of mo...

As discussed briefly in our introductory post, as divine judgments go, the judgment of nations prophesied in the first few chapters of the...

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These days, when we read that we are to “love our enemies”, many Christians in the West find ourselves thinking long and hard to find anyo...

The first chapter of John is all about seeing and being seen. We begin with a God who cannot be seen with the human eye or fully unde...

“What are the names of the devil?” The writers of scripture refer to mankind’s most virulent and determined enemy by a number of name...

I can recall nearly every chapter of Daniel from my childhood. Many kids who grew up in Christian homes can (or could; our current genera...

There’s a lot of talk today — and maybe this is the case in every generation — about the evils of generations past and how they affect the...

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The other day I came across a paperback a few years old credited to a number of generally reputable authors and entitled Hard Sayings of t...

Seismic enough for you? Whenever I come across an overly-technical explanation of some phenomenon in Christendom, I like to try to rest...

“Why is the Bible so violent?” On one level the answer to this is fairly obvious: any work that accurately documents human history or ...

“I can’t forgive him,” the young man told his counselor. Understandable, I think. I don’t know all the details, but it seems the spea...

Any map of the Middle East from the time of the prophet Amos, including this one (if you want something larger than the map to the right)...

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Did you know that some famous pop songs are about to go bottoms-up? Yep, it’s true. Our culture has changed so rapidly in the last co...

This is not our world. It hasn’t been ours since the garden of Eden and it’s not ours today. It is the dominion of the “ god of this ...

A few days ago, I stopped on my way to work to talk to a homeless man. His name is Rick, and he’s a fascinating character, all smiles and ...