Coming Untrue

“Who is the ‘friend who sticks closer than a brother’?” The line comes from a section of Proverbs attributed to King Solomon. Many Hebre...

Some time back, I remember hearing a famous pop singer prating on about being “born this way”. To her, the package with which she entered ...

New Testament quotations and allusions to Malachi are primarily (though not exclusively) related to the role of John the Baptist as the he...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Not all religions acknowledge coming judgment, but...

“Chaaaaarge!” A half-dozen knights leap over a hill to attack a rabbit. Unexpectedly, the little white bunny turns and attacks the kn...

“ Who are you , O man, to answer back to God?” In Romans 9, Paul teaches that God has mercy on whomever he wills and hardens whomever he...

October 31 is Halloween to some. This year, it’ll also be the 507th anniversary of the day Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses to...

“I just graduated Bible college without finding a partner. Would taking a pastorate improve my prospects?” Having only just graduated, a...

Blessings are unequal. Love is unequal. Reward and punishment are unequal. Even trials and tribulations in this life are — you guesse...

A word of thanks to any of our readers who have made it through even a portion of our massive Mining the Minors project as we begin windi...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. On her way to work a few months ago, a Muslim driv...

“My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them  …” “I know them.” It’s funny … wouldn’t you expect the Lord to have said, “My sheep lis...

An anonymous Christian man recently produced this wall of text looking for advice about his marriage, appropriately entitled “A Broken Si...

The quest to control the input into our own consciousness is probably thousands of years old. We all have our ways of trying to backburner...

“Is hell a literal lake of fire?” For the average reader with limited Bible exposure, it’s probably useful to distinguish between hades ...

As the patriarch Jacob came to the end of his 147 years on this earth, we may be excused for wondering if he was slipping in and out of re...

God’s fifth complaint through the prophet Malachi in the late fifth century BC completes his critique of the nation. Israel has questioned...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. We interrupt our regular scheduled recycled Friday ...

When I first entered my profession, I was in my mid-twenties. As a brash young man, I remember being irritated by the requirement that I ...

It’s hard to believe digital computing has been around for less than a century. Perhaps you are old enough to recall the annoying punch ...