My guess is that during the holiday hustle and bustle you have slightly less time to read blog posts, or at least I hope you do because I have slightly less time to write them. So rather than a typical post I want to share a few scattered thoughts about the topic of giving thanks.…
Meteora Monks While in Greece, I’ve had the incredible opportunity to visit several ancient monasteries, such as the Holy Trinity in Meteora, which dates to 1440. Standing at the base of those towering cliffs, I couldn’t help but wonder how those monks ever made their way up and why. Why would anyone climb a rock…
Not long ago I saw on television news scenes from a political rally held on the steps of the nation’s capital in Washington D.C. Occupants of some of the highest offices in the land were speaking on contemporary issues. What struck me was not the compelling arguments that were being employed. Instead, it was vulgar…
The question of whether Christians should celebrate Christmas has been debated for centuries. Some believers embrace the holiday as a time to honor the birth of Christ, while others reject it due to its historical associations with paganism and Roman Catholic traditions. Scripture provides guidance on matters of conscience: One person esteems one day above another; another…
Today we begin interviews with authors for the November/December issue of FrontLine, though today’s guest, Mark Love, was writing for a section of the magazine that is not part of the theme. I like to have authors of our regular feature pieces come on from time to time to promote those aspects of the magazine.…
While we celebrate Thanksgiving on earth below, what’s going on in heaven? We could answer this question in part by examining the three instances of the word “thanks” in the book of Revelation (Rev 4:9; 7:12; 11:17). This brief study can be one of the many ways whereby we are blessed to read and heed…
If you pay attention while reading the Bible you will occasionally bump into passages that surprise you. Passages that you immediately reread, assuming you must have missed something. Passages that, even after being reread three or four times, still say the surprising thing they said the first time. Often the confusion is not knowing what…
Do you love everyone in your church? It seems that many churches tend to reflect certain commonalities depending on the demographics and social and economic classes of their location. Most people are alike socially, economically, educationally and racially. Some of that is just natural because we live in communities that are relatively homogenous in these…
I have in my library a four-volume set of books entitled, The Fundamentals. The books contain ninety essays written by conservative Christian scholars. The essays were originally published in twelve volumes and were released quarterly beginning in 1910. Lyman and Milton Stewart, Christian philanthropists, paid to publish three million copies and mail them free of…
And yes, there continue to remain HUGE problems with Roman Catholic theology. Just recently I heard of a conservative Baptist pastor leaving his church and turning to Catholicism. This type of move is not isolated. Many in the conservative political world are doing so with the rise of prominent cultural figures like Candace Owens, Michael…