Posts by Don Johnson
Regularly Drinking Alcohol After 60 Linked to Early Death | Medscape.com
People over age 60 who drink alcohol regularly are at an increased risk of early death, particularly from cancer or issues related to the heart and blood vessels. That’s according to the findings of a new, large study that was published this week by JAMA Network Open and build upon numerous other recent studies concluding that any amount of…
Read MoreTrain Up a Child
These four words can conjure up pain and disappointment for many believers. I’ve talked to many Christian parents who have now grown children who are not walking with the Lord. Often these parents are aged, their children have spent many years living in the world, yet the parents still hope in a childhood profession of…
Read MoreCan a fighting spirit help conquer cancer? The limits of positivity for cancer patients | National Post
The idea that cancer progression or disease survival can be influenced by a positive attitude or by keeping up a “fighting spirit” isn’t grounded in scientific evidence, he and other doctors said. Anecdotally, however, “you’ll hear from people, ‘I beat this because I was positive, I had the right thinking, the right attitude,’” Isenberg-Grzeda said.…
Read MoreThe Theological Center of Our Current Political Battle
Recent blogs and podcasts mentioned the term “political philosophy.” The term intrigues me, so I’ve looked up a definition on the “fount of all wisdom” (the Internet). Wikipedia offers us this: Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions…
Read MoreThe World Tells Us How It Really Feels
The recent display at the Paris Olympics stirred up a lot of controversy. Conservative sites are outraged (see here and here), liberal sites are bemused and the event’s creator is defensive. At least some on the Paris organizing committee are feeling the heat, since they offered a “non-apology apology.” The event reminded me of 1…
Read MoreAccepting God’s Providence
We all live in historic times. Often, the significance of daily events flows over us. That is, we easily dismiss the seemingly usual course of affairs as “ordinary times,” yet later historians will mark many of our events as significant elements of the changes we are living through, creating a new era which will affect…
Read MoreSummit Report (FBFI 2024)
I have returned home after a crazy week of travel, conference activities, and more travel at the end. Living on an island always adds an extra wrinkle to my travel plans, but never extra convenience. Nonetheless, the 103rd meeting of the Foundations Baptist Fellowship International, held at Tri-City Baptist Church in Westminster, Colorado was well…
Read MoreAyaan Hirsi Ali takes on Richard Dawkins over New Atheism – UnHerd
Ayaan Hirsi Ali has said that she regrets her role in the New Atheism movement, as part of a Saturday debate with Richard Dawkins. At the inaugural Dissident Dialogues conference in New York, Ali said that she now feels she was wrong to conflate Christianity with Islam when she was an atheist. “I do regret…
Read More8 Ways We Normalize the Abnormal | Crossway Articles
God has made it clear that the norm for his children should be love. It is the thing that the listening and watching world should know us for. We should be recognized not only for the purity of our theology but also for the consistency of our love. This love is the new commandment that…
Read MoreDavid’s Attitude towards Money
At the end of David’s life, both in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles we find catalogues of his preparations for the temple Solomon would build. The riches David accumulated for the task are laid out, the charge is given to Solomon and the people, so that they would get busy with the task before them.…
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