A Pilgrim's Progress

If you ask most Christians why they gather together (usually on Sundays), they will tell you that it's for worship. If you then ask th...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post entitled " Sorry, But I Can't Stop Asking Questions. " My purpose behind that piece...

Most everyone who reads this blog also enjoys reading the bible. This is because through scriptural content we can grow closer to Christ....

Randy Alcorn has written an excellent piece entitled " Atheism’s Foundation for Morality Is Built on Culture’s Shifting Sands ." ...

It's Memorial Day again. This is the day that our culture tells us we are to remember American soldiers who have died in combat. Some ...

According to Wikipedia , "status quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regards to social or p...

I haven't blogged much lately because life is extremely busy right now. This is not a bad busyness, but it certainly requires quit...

Actually, I'm not sorry. Our society is full of people who rarely question anything. They simply go along with cultural norms bec...

I've been giving a lot of thought lately to the issues of non-violence and non-resistance. Having grown up in American evangelicalism, ...

When we look at Jesus Christ's earthly ministry we see quite a bit of teaching. While some of it contained back-and-forth conversation...

That's me in the photo above. By the grace of God I've lost thirty pounds over the past three months. This has included cuttin...

I rarely know well in advance what my work schedule will be at JCB . Some weeks we work forty hours, but others more like seventy. Thi...

In Matthew 5:9 Jesus Christ famously says the following: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." (...

Jesus Christ is both a shocking revolutionary and an uncompromising challenger . He's also an excellent teacher. We see all thre...

Jesus Christ's teachings in the Beatitudes are nothing short of world changing. They take people's general expectations and fli...

Jesus Christ's first teachings in the bible come in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5-7). The initial section of this sermon...

A couple of years ago a young Christian man told me that I was "lukewarm." He was referring to this passage: 14 And to the ang...

When I was in seminary I was required to read The Reformers and Their Stepchildren . Although the book interested me at the time, I didn...