How Should We React to Terrorism?
How should we, as average Americans, react to terrorism? I recently appeared in my weekly...
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Category: Common Life Issues
Why Men Hate to Go to Church
Why some men hate church is a key issue for our times. Many serious Christians have wondered why...
Read MoreWhat to do when you have been wronged?
Everybody has a problem with someone sometime. Maybe a friend has wronged you by saying something negative about you in your presence or behind your back. Maybe you feel you have been cheated in business, or treated unfairly in...
Read MoreSome biblical reasons why people suffer
The following is the outline used in a 20 minute radio interview on the subject of evil and suffering. The interview was given on July 16, 2010 on Radio Luz: XHTE in Tehuacan, Puebla in Mexico. The program is a favorite of the...
Read MoreBecoming Real People
I remember coming across a timely poem in my high school American literature class. At the time, reading it was only an assignment, but for some reason it has stuck with me over the years. It is titled Richard Cory, by Edwin...
Read MoreAre You a Practical Atheist?
Many people are practical atheists. I know this sounds pretty extreme, but from dealing with hundreds of people over the years, I believe that it is true. The popular image of atheists is that they are extreme or even...
Read MoreExplaining Jesus’ Lack of Knowledge
Here’s a question that was put to me recently about the interaction of Jesus’ divine and human natures: Question: Since Jesus, as the Son of God and Second Person of the Trinity, is coequal with God the Father (and...
Read MoreDealing with an Unforseen Change in Plan
Lessons from a familiar holiday story Isn’t it amazing how things often don’t turn out as planned? You think things through very carefully and get key steps set up ahead of time, with all details considered. Finally, you are...
Read MoreLiving in Fast Forward
If I have any regrets related to the years in which my wife and I were raising our four children, the biggest would be that I was not paying attention. Melinda has asked me several times in the past couple of years if I remember...
Read MoreThe Dangers of Missing Out
If there is something which is almost guaranteed to horrify people in contemporary society, it might be the fear of missing out on some significant life-experience. The thought of going through one’s years without something...
Read MoreWhat is it With Those Christians?
In some ways, secular people don’t really “get” us Christians. When I refer to “secular” people I include both those who have no use for religion at all, as well as those who may have private religious beliefs, but who feel that...
Read MoreDealing With Dark Feelings
Have you ever had the experience of going through a very difficult time in your life and after struggling through that period you began to wonder whether God was really there at all? Maybe you may have had very few doubts about...
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