“That’s not fair!” I’ve said that a fair number of times in my life. Just ask my parents, teachers, or brothers. I’ve always had my justice binoculars handy, scanning my life for unfair, and I’ve found plenty. One day, however, God gently reminded me that I was looking through the wrong end of …
You can be sure that more people today know about the magazine, “Christianity Today,” than knew about it a week ago. In a December 19 editorial, Editor Mark Galli issued a call for President Trump to be replaced on the basis of moral failings, quoting the statement they made 20 years ago when the …
At Noon last Friday, I broke into sobs. Deep, heaving, uncontrollable sobs. I’d read the story of how a 28-year old man took a camera, took a gun and then took the lives of 50 people in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. I’d watched interviews with survivors and a searching mom in shock, …
God is the King of the world, Giver of life, Creator of men and women, Designer of marriage, and Lord of peace Who instructs us in the way of His shalom. So, God, the word on the street is that you want the husband to be head of his wife. Is that true? He …
As the Jussie Smollet story unfolds, there are no winners, only losers. God, in His grace, tried to prevent all of the losses with one short, but monumental instruction: “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” Don’t lie. But the particular lie God forbids is a public lie: courtroom perjury, a public …
On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States. The surprise winner was voted into office by 62,984,825 voters. (Wikipedia) Post election, people have been asking: Who were those voters who put him into office? Pollsters, pundits and pastors have suggested several answers: Evangelical Christians, disenfranchised …
I was born in 1961 to a wonderful young couple, who then complicated my world by giving birth to two more boys, David and Bruce, in 1962 and 1964. Three sisters would come later, but it was my brothers who first posed a threat to my rule of the household, and I a similar …
Our current national debate about Colin Kaepernick and how to honor the American flag and country raises a vital question: Is it possible to love our country too much? Jesus said some outlandish things. Here is one of them. “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy …
I was never a big fan of the WWJD phenomenon. You know, the one that had people sporting bracelets and bumper stickers and socks and hats with WWJD emblazoned on them. What Would Jesus Do? WWJD? Now I love Jesus, trust him completely, and seek to follow his way and wisdom. It was the …
One child dies every 10-15 seconds due to hunger-related causes, and 870 million people were suffering from malnutrition in 2012. (Source: worldhunger.org) Within a few miles of my home in Huntsville, AL are dozens of restaurant buffets where I can eat any amount I want. If I skipped a buffet meal and gave the $10 …