Remembering 9/11 25 Years Later: Five Answers to “Why?”
I was in seminary on September 11th, 25 years ago. It was a shock to see the unthinkable unfold on the screens in my office. …
Should Missionaries Be Motivated By Eternal Reward?
Have you ever debated in your mind how it could be that desiring rewards for our obedience to Christ truly glorifies God and is not …
Evolution and the Plausibility Problem
This is a complex enough essay that I’ll tell you my thesis outright: Evolution proposes a mechanism for how complex life developed and then attempts …
Gutsy Growth with Grace
This was not a prime gardening year for Edmontonians. Dedicated, experienced gardeners were left with mediocre results due to heavy and persistent rain, infrequent sunshine, …
Before We Met, I Was Ready to Part Forever
Do you put up a wall of emotional distance in relationships out of fear of loss or saying goodbye? Hope begins as we admit these fears and take them to God.
Like Swinging Pendulums
Have you ever heard one teenager say something like this to another teenager? “If I ever have kids, I’m not going to raise them like …
10 Reasons to Keep Telling God Things He Already Knows
Have you ever thought while praying, “What am I doing here?” God already knows this. He’s omniscient, all knowing. Am I wasting my time? Am …
Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness: A Hymn Born Out of Missions in the Caribbean
St. Eustatius, Lesser Antilles, February 1739: Pen in hand, the thirty-eight-year-old German scratched a few stanzas on rough paper as he looked over the Caribbean …
The Eternal Gospel for the Nations
In John’s vision of the seven-year tribulation before Jesus’ second coming, an angel declares a powerful message that provides us with the core elements of the …
The Problem with the “Show Window Material” – Fighting the Hypocrisy Within
“Christians should be ‘show window material’ for the Lord.” Just as the window display calls you to enter the store by showing the finest the …