Replying to those who claim Christianity does not work: In order to properly answer a question such as found in my title, one needs to…
Yes, Christians can disappoint, but not Christ: It is quite common for those who reject Christianity to point to scandals and abuses and the like…
A little exercise in Christian apologetics: Having an interactive blogsite means you will get plenty of questions thrown your way – by friend and foe.…
Pain stinks, but it can often serve useful and redemptive purposes: OK, my title can go in all sorts of directions, and in a moment…
Scripture assures us that the purposes of God stand: It was the Dutch survivor of Nazi concentration camps Corrie ten Boom who once said, “If…
God is in control, and we are responsible for our choices. How exactly this works is a mystery: There are many things mere fallen and…
Malcolm Muggeridge had a lot of wise words to say about suffering: For two thousand years all committed Christians have known about the incalculable value…
Death stinks, as does suffering and decay. But it will not always be with us: The older you get, the more the realities mentioned in…
As we look around it is easy to get discouraged. But we need to look further: This morning – like almost every morning – I…
Some memes are utterly useless – this one certainly is: OK, this is a very loaded question to ask. After all, there are kazillions of…
How are we to understand the Ninth Commandment? I have written before about deception and how Scripture warns about how easy it is to be…
It is time for Western Christians to develop a theology of suffering: I have often written on this theme, but when I did a quick…
We need to see the bigger picture as we look around at what is happening to us: In his 1983 Templeton Prize speech Alexander Solzhenitsyn…
Forget the 99 shades of grey – we need to again affirm truth: When a culture becomes convinced that there is no longer any such…
How are we to understand things such as corporate responsibility? Perhaps like me, you may have often thought about the notions of corporate identity and…
These 17 new books are all well worth being aware of: If you are a Christian, like to think, and like to read, then you…
If your heart breaks over all the injustice in life, here is good news: Everywhere in this fallen world we see countless cases of injustice…
Lessons from Joni on hardship and suffering: That suffering is something we all experience to varying degrees is simply a fact of life in a…
Some of the greatest Christians were once some of the greatest opponents of the faith: God is in the transformation business. And so often in…
Truth really is our primary weapon: Let me begin by mentioning a dream I had last night. It seems I and a few others were…