Coming Untrue

“Love … believes all things.” “Love your enemies .” “ Do not believe them , though they speak friendly words to you.” The three ver...

The territory occupied by the nation of Israel today is not the territory occupied by the Israel of the divided kingdom period. It is not ...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. God, cash & prizes: a winning combo! Or not. ...

Everybody likes gifts, they say. Still, some are better than others. A funny story: My in-laws were on their way to a wedding. Along th...

Last Tuesday, John Piper used his mega-platform among Reformed Christians to come out in favor of COVID vaccination and to implore his fel...

There are still a few wonderful things in this increasingly weird world. A good number of them are covered in fur, and occasionally wool. ...

“If God knows I’m hurting, why doesn’t he help me?” The answer to the first part of this question is perfectly straightforward: God know...

There’s tremendous potential in you as a believer. God has great purposes for you as a believer. We know these great purposes. He wants ...

Spiritual fulfillment is not literal fulfillment. That doesn’t make it less important, of course. We might reasonably make the case that...

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“The Father loves the Son .” Are there any better words in all of scripture than this? Personally, I don’t think so. Many people hav...

In addition to our own family gathering this year, I was invited to enjoy an early Thanksgiving celebration with three Christian friends w...

For the uninitiated, Grunge.com is the online equivalent of those tabloid news rags you find next to the gum and chocolate bars at grocery...

“Is God male or female?” J. Manning feels there is a “connection between belief in the maleness of God and the deeply ingrained accepta...

“You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness . Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your compa...

There is a short, somewhat mysterious passage in the final speech Moses made to Israel before his death in which he declares that when God...

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The teen film Mean Girls (2004) is sort of a cult classic with the kids at the school where I teach. Everyone knows the story, even thou...

I rarely agree completely with anyone, and I doubt anyone ever completely agrees with me. Moreover, the longer we go on talking, the more ...

As this world moves deeper into secular materialism and post-rationality with each passing year, the tremendous practical and material ben...