One of my greatest joys in life is when I get home from work, open the front door and my kids come running down the hall and jump into my arms. It is sometimes accompanied by a yell from my son, “DAD!” and a scream from my daughter, “DADDY! DADDY! DADDY!” and then hugs which…
Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch – as you really are. For Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed. 1 Corinthians 5:6f, NIV Some time back, while out…
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music … Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; Let them sing before the Lord, for He comes to…
A while back a coworker stopped by my office to talk over some business. As we wrapped up that part of the conversation, he noticed a book I had sitting on my desk and asked me about it. I explained that it was about living a Christian life in the midst of a culture antagonistic…
NOTE #1: This article is not in any way meant to be taken as the end-all apologetic for the existence/non-existence of God. Frankly, I think God does a good enough job showing that He exists all by Himself and He doesn’t need my feeble defense. All that I intend to illustrate in this post…
The oft-wrong and perpetually-biased New York Times recently (14 Jan 16) ran an article entitled “Anglican Church Disciplines U.S. Episcopals Over Gay Marriages.” The article both misunderstands Christianity and misrepresents the “discipline” laid out by the Anglican Communion (neither of which is necessarily surprising from the NYT). These are two things that I’d like to…
Have you ever taken a course on survival training? Or maybe watched one of the Discovery Channel shows about surviving in the wild? They always say that, after any immediate concerns about keeping yourself alive against the elements (e.g. blizzard, storm, icy wind, etc.) or treating life-threatening injuries, the person in a survival situation has…
