D Day and Pentecost Sunday
How else can one account for it? They all ran away and hid after the crucifixion. They were gathered in an upper room trying to make sense out of what had happened Jesus had been crucified.
Authority and Spiritual Warfare
The “Supreme” Court doesn’t appear so supreme today. The Governor of Oregon has ordered tampon machines to be placed in all school bathrooms including…and especially… in the Boys room. Her mandate includes materials to stress the whole gender fluidity affirmation.
Of First Importance
In a beautiful response to such a sad situation, Matthew’s father decided to erect a statue at his son’s grave, depicting the freedom and happiness that he wanted for his son in life. The statue went up in 2000, two years after Matthew’s death.
Under it?
The Ukrainian people are in the middle of a nightmare. When I saw this photo. I remembered images of Jewish children separated from their parents, hiding in the dark sewers of the Warsaw Ghetto. I remember visiting a holocaust museum in Florida. While standing in one the cattle cars that took Jews to their deaths in Auschwitz…
A Lot to think about
How Then Shall We Live? | Part 7: In this series of posts on the theme, “How then shall we live?” I have been addressing the current turmoil in our world its significance in light of God’s Word. We are by all indications…
Drop in the bucket
How Then Shall We Live? | Part 6: I am tempted to go into too much detail in a blog post…an occupational hazard. I taught seminary courses for years and my tendency is to add a lot of information that is true…
Worth Looking Into
How Then Shall We Live? | Part 5: For a host of reasons, during the Holidays, I took a break from posting anything on Facebook or on this blog. Previously I had been looking at the only two Epistles that…
I am not a Christian because I was raised to be one
How Then Shall We Live? | Part 4: In this series of posts, I have been asking this question posed by Francis Schaeffer over 30 years ago, “How then shall we live?” We are looking at the only two…
In The Mood
The Greatest Generation: When I saw him get out of his car at the Walmart, my eyes immediately went to his cap. He had that clear-eyed forthright look that was emblematic of his generation, the one Tom Brokaw dubbed The Greatest…
Inheritance of the Saints
How Then Shall We Live? | Part 3: As we continue in this series ‘How Then Shall We Live?’ Remember that the Apostle Peter is writing from Rome to a group of people in Asia Minor that will soon feel…
“Beam me up Scotty!”
How Then Shall We Live? | Part 2: Have you reached that place yet where you feel totally at a disconnect with what is developing around us? “To God’s elect… strangers in the world…
How then shall we live?
How Then Shall We Live? | Part 1: These words from the late Francis Schaeffer hold particular meaning for me as we face these rapidly deteriorating circumstances—as all that…