Posts in category Current Events

Recent events propelled me back 15 years to around the time when the Euro was first introduced. It was a dramatic first at the time—multiple …

It’s now a fait accompli—Donald Trump represents the Republican party. We’re now witnessing the Great Evangelical Predicament. For the last few months we’ve all condemned …

The first axiom of blogging is to never bring up politics.* Which I just did. Except this year I find myself experiencing two national elections …

In Paris on Friday night, a coordinated attack of ISIS terrorists took 129 innocent lives into eternity and injured hundreds. The web of socio-political entanglements leading …

There are lots of ways to assess who we are as a culture. One of my favorite is to walk into a Walmart. Big, wide …

One Friday after work, Bill and John went out for steak. They had a great time, and the next week John ran into Bill at …

A recent thorough survey of religion in America told us something we already knew—by pretty much any measure the number of people engaged with religion …

Jesus’ tender words from the cross affirm that mothers deserve honor. But his words also reveal that motherhood is much more than conceiving a child. From Jesus’ perspective, the most significant thing that a woman can share with someone is not her DNA, but her faith in Christ.

I recently found myself scanning through past rooted content. “Hmmm,” I noticed, “nothing in the current events category for two months. Time to do something …

Social media has become a minefield of opinions, outrage, and shock journalism. How do Christians make sure their communication online—whether by Facebook, Twitter, or even over old-fashioned email—is Christlike? What steps should we take to keep us from blindly following our culture off the cliff? Here are three Scriptural principles you can’t ignore if you want to demonstrate godly communication online.