The stories around the birth of Jesus are filled with supernatural dreams and visions. How do we deal with this? Did these really happen or are they all nice fairy tales? ♦ Most people welcome and celebrate Christmas even as they… Read More ›
Faith
A Thanksgiving Story – A Pilgrim’s Hope and Loss
Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful but also an opportunity to share a story or two about the past. Here’s a Thanksgiving story you might have forgotten…or never knew. ♦ When the kids were teenagers and I would often search… Read More ›
When Bad Things Happen
“How can I believe in God when bad things happen?” Christians seem less and less able to articulate answers that satisfy a growing, skeptical public. ♦ “How can I believe in God when bad things happen? Why does God allow this?… Read More ›
Holy Spirit Breakdown?
Guilt will wear one down. Real healing and restoration comes not from therapists, medication, and good intentions, but rather from depths of faith. How do you do that? ♦ I had a friend approach me this week about an old friend of… Read More ›
Are You the Real Deal or Something Less?
We tell ourselves and others that we really love and trust God, but we really love and trust ourselves more. ♦ There’s an intriguing story in the New Testament’s Book of Acts about a man named Cornelius who had a supernatural… Read More ›
So What’s a Christian Cult?
Cults are not necessarily what you might think? Christian cults are very alluring and attractive to the vulnerable masses. Who are these groups? Why do they prosper? What are the key characteristics that identify them? ♦ Many consider cults to be religious or semi-religious sects… Read More ›
Are Mormons Christians or Not?
Are Mormons considered Christians, or are they actually a cult? At the risk of being accused of Mormon-bashing, I believe it’s high time for both Christians and Mormons to get educated on the heresy that is the Mormon faith. ♦ There’s… Read More ›
Sickness, Healing, and Prayer – What’s Real? What’s Myth?
How does it really work? What does the Bible say? What is truth and what is myth when it comes to sickness, healing and prayer? ♦ The text came in at 5:00 in the morning. My otherwise healthy wife was admitted… Read More ›
The Unlikely Convert
She was a tenured professor of English at Syracuse University, New York, where she was an outspoken lesbian activist until she received Christ in 1999. She is now a full-time mother and pastor’s wife. What? ♦ Dr. Rosaria Butterfield was a… Read More ›
The Bible as Literature – as Good as the Classics?
There are books we read and then there are great works of literature, even “classics” which move, teach and inspire us with profound and brilliant writing. Is the Bible even in that same category? ♦ Remember reading “the classics“ in high… Read More ›
Christian Ballplayers
When professional ballplayers share their Christian testimonies, we see that they’re very real people like us who struggle with life and faith in the midst of a very public vocation. It’s actually very refreshing, disarming, and highly inspirational. ♦ Over… Read More ›
Prayer is a Very Confusing Thing
We pray and nothing happens. Sometimes it gets worse. We bring our full heart and good intentions to the issue and find ourselves getting shut down. Is God hearing it wrong, or is He hearing it at all? ♦ We pray… Read More ›
Biblical Viewpoint 