At this time of year, it’s easy to gloss over the events surrounding the first Christmas. If we aren’t careful, we will overlook some of…
A visit to Bethlehem by famed Boston preacher Phillips Brooks inspired him to write a carol for a Christmas Sunday school service. Would you believe…
In a previous post I discussed Marcion, the false teacher who jettisoned the Old Testament. What about an opposite extreme? The “Jewish Roots” movement has…
That was the headline on cbsnews.com introducing a story, also broadcast the night before on the network’s news program, On Assignment.1 The rest of the…
November/December 2018 | VOLUME 28 | NUMBER 6 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. He taketh…
I spoke too soon. In commenting in September about the abuse accusations within the Roman Catholic Church, I said that there have not been accusations…
Promotional emails and full-color mailers for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and other holiday sales are coming your way, and so are the urges to buy…
In the very earliest days of the New Testament and hardly before the ink was dry, the church already faced a pernicious error. Marcion of…
Some time ago, I attended the funeral of a Christian gentleman who served his church as both deacon and choir director. Eulogies from family and…
The internet changed the topics I dip into. Some are more eclectic than others are. A recent e-zine I discovered has an article about the…
The old timers called it melancholy. Some today call it depression. Modern vernacular calls it the blues. Many face feelings of extreme sadness and melancholy during…
Stress has become a way of life for many today. We live in a world of stressed-out people. In the military environment, I have…
lament, n.: an expression of grief or sorrow; a formal expression of sorrow or mourning1 For many people, Christian or not, Christmas is a time…
Murders come in all kinds of ways. They come through violence. They come through domestic squabbles. They come through gang warfare. Unfortunately, records of murder…
Around the same time that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, another boy was born on the faraway untamed Iberian Peninsula (which we call Spain and…
I want to speak to local church leaders for a moment. Let’s talk to you about the spiritual and emotional health of your pastor.…
On October 17, the government of Canada legalized marijuana for recreational use. My purpose in this post is not to argue the political issue but…
A post card advertising a local church was delivered recently to my mail box. Printed on this card was a catchy slogan, “No judgment, just…
A Historical Survey As early as the second century, two contradictory trends had developed that would affect the doctrine of the church until the present…
Christians have idols that we love to hate, at least superficially, like materialism or pride. For some reason these are the idols that are the…
