Coming Untrue

Years ago, I sat on a civil court jury. A fellow had incurred a fatal injury and his family was looking for monetary redress from a panopl...

Exactly three months after the returned exiles of Judah obediently began to rebuild the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem following a hiatus...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Tom: C.S. Lewis has a line I love. He says, “Nons...

“It’s not over ’til it’s over” — so goes the famous saying in the world of sport. Pity the poor competitor who thought his team had secur...

The tendency to read familiar Bible passages the way we have always read them is almost overwhelming, and sometimes we miss the obvious. O...

“What’s the difference between legitimate criticism and the kind of judgment Jesus condemned?” “ Judge not , that you be not judged,” sa...

It’s Christmas again. We’re right at the last of the year. It makes you think, doesn’t it? When you’re young, it makes you think of toys...

“So this is Christmas,” sang John Lennon, “and what have you done?” That Lennon — never one to get a point. Whatever Christmas means,...

Three old trees of considerable size overshadow my backyard. Between them, they block most of the sun’s rays and tend to kill off the gras...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Salvation Army founder William Booth once said, “I ...

What does it really mean to think or to speak “like a Christian”? Does it mean to be able to make inside spiritual jokes, or to speak b...

Most of the time, I post a quote at the top of our blog’s homepage because I thoroughly agree with it and its author has said something in...

Our thought life is a function of our vocabulary. Think about that ... assuming you are able. Anthropologist and author Christopher Hall...

“Is there such a thing as a necessary evil?” I opened up this can of worms by referring to systematic theology as a necessary evil a whi...

“In the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and re...

When things are going wrong around us and the obvious blessings of God a distant memory, it’s natural to wonder why. Scripture offers us a...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. In this four minute YouTube video on the subject ...

All over the Christianity Today website are logos for something called “Beautiful Orthodoxy”. It’s their new flagship cause, and their m...

Churches Without Chests is the personal blog of David de Bruyn, as the author indicates on his “About” page . De Bruyn is a South African...

A few unasked-for observations triggered by watching Christians attempt to edify one another on social media: Observation 1: The frequ...