Is there a Pattern to the Bible’s Miracles?
Even a brief read through the Bible reveals many miracles. It’s easy to walk away with the impression that the storyline of Scripture is just …
2020—What a Beautiful Time to Be Alive
For the sake of those living on the North Pole or the International Space Station and who had their internet disconnected for the last 9 …
Sharing the Gospel to Scared People
A recent conversation caught me breathless and deeply burdened for my neighbors. A street vendor I regularly buy vegetables from surveyed all of the uncertainties …
What will be left when the dust settles?
At the outset of the present quarantine, everything was bizarre, electric, and controversial. People filled their time arguing over lethality, R₀ rates, and balancing lives …
Online Services—How To Still Be a Church Family
You’re a pastor and church is now cancelled for the foreseeable future. The US Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin just went on record that we should …
When Viruses Loom Larger than God
I, like you, am tired of thinking about COVID-19 already, though my browsing history might betray me. I’ll abstain from taking a side on whether …
What do you think happens when we die, Keanu Reeves?
The Late Show is hardly a bellwether for the state of America’s philosophizing or the condition of its soul. Except when it is. Several cultural …
You Don’t Want to Have a Megapastor
The news just hit that another fabulously popular megapastor has been fired, apparently because of a long-standing, toxic culture of absolute power. I’m not very …
The Book of Colossians in One Graphic
In his classic book on reading, Mortimer Adler comments, “All reading must to some degree be active…. The more active the reading the better.” His …
Does God destroy people for only one sin?
In his blisteringly skeptical book, The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins gives his view of the God of the Old Testament: “The God of the Old …