Setting the Right Expectations Michael was the fastest kid on our soccer team. In eighth grade he held the best pace for the entire team at just over six minutes per mile. Although we were good friends, I typically didn’t run with him. I just couldn’t keep up. But on this particular afternoon, we were…
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. James 4:4 Merriam-Webster states that friendship is the quality or state of being friendly. Synonyms include: benevolence, brotherhood, charity, cordiality, fellowship, friendliness, kindliness, and…
In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about conspiracy theories. Whether it was “the vast right wing conspiracy theory” (popularized by Hillary Clinton),1 or the unfounded “Trump-Russia conspiracy theory” propounded by Robert Mueller,2 naïve people believed it. More recently, the media is publicizing the so-called “Q-Anon conspiracy theory”3 and insisting that we…
Life is full of expectation and waiting. We’re always waiting for something! The weekend Seeing friends and family The release of a book or a movie or a video game The next season of The Mandalorian The end of COVID. We’re always waiting for something to come. We can’t wait for what’s next. I often…
Unless that is actually their name, of course. I should not have to feel bad for women whose parents named them Karen. It is a beautiful name and they should be able to wear it with joy. Unless you have been living in total isolation you have heard, or maybe even used the term…
(Finding Victory over the Virus) The global pandemic has resulted in near-global panic. Medical facilities, markets, educational institutions, and churches, all enormously experience the impact. How is the Christian to respond to the Corona-crisis? Does God’s Word provide an answer to the questions people are asking today? Some are asking – “Is this the beginning…
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 one miracle after another. And to be sure, miracles happen a lot—around 265 specific passages (though a number of these record the same miracles several times such as in the…
Every Christian is faced with situations about which he must make decisions, but about which there seems to be no clear Scriptural statement. Many of the issues we face are not addressed or identified in the Bible by name. How, then, can I know what to do when faced with such questions? I must first…
Last year I wrote a blunt blog about the Super Bowl halftime show. It was reactionary, partly written in frustration that so many people complained about the highly sexualized nature of the event when we should have seen it coming. That blog was also my most read piece of 2020, probably because it had the…
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. (Matthew 10:16) So the big news this week comes from the stock market where a group of retail investors using social media have put a huge hedge fund on the verge of bankruptcy. It…