“No cross, no crown” is how we referred to this matter in Part One. Throughout the Bible our present sufferings are tied in with our…
It goes without saying that over time Christians are meant to grow spiritually, experience progressive character development, and increasingly become more Christlike. Scripture is certainly…
Church history is full of amazing stories of great men of God who have done mighty things for God. But sometimes we can overlook the…
Given that my website contains 2,233 articles on Christianity and 1,457 articles on the culture wars, it may be thought there is little left to…
I don’t know about you, but in these ever-darkening days, things can seem overwhelming at times. The world is shaking, kingdoms are falling, faith is…
Jesus said quite explicitly on various occasions that the servant is not above the master (Matthew 10:24-25; Luke 6:40; John 13:16; John 15:20). The disciple…
In a widely publicised case, a 29-year-old American woman who found out she had brain cancer announced that she was going to take her life…
The Spanish philosopher Santayana said that those who fail to learn from history will end up repeating its mistakes. This has certainly been the case…
Plenty of folks today have a GPS. This has made the job of getting from one place to another much easier. Of course they are…
“The crust of the earth is soaked with the tears of suffering.” That is how philosopher Eleonore Stump once described the problem of evil and…
Just as war has been declared against the unborn, so too there is an active campaign to bump off the elderly, the infirm, and many…
Daily headlines speak to the enormous impact the new bio-technologies are having on all of us. Whether it is a breakthrough in genetic engineering, stem…
A leading argument for euthanasia is the argument from human autonomy and self-determination. “It’s my life and I can do what I want with it.…