How you think changes everything
I get the privilege of watching my son grow into a man. As I sit here, he sleeps on the couch besides me, as our cat naps on him. Deep, rhythmic breaths gently lift his chest up and down peacefullly—a chest that will soon have the sounds of a man’s voice, lowered by the […]
Read More
We are pressured into becoming mostly mindless, sensate, desire-fulfilling creatures of instinct. That’s how we are often expected to live and move and have our being. But one of the dignifying features of theism, and Christian theism specifically, is the acknowledgement that human beings are “more than” what our society pressures us into being. We […]
Read More
“We live in an age in which it is considered a virtue to disbelieve and a vice to believe,” said Christian Philosopher, Dallas Willard. We need to understand the times in which we live, and Mr. Willard stated it precisely. We live in an extremely skeptical culture, especially in the United States. Our public schools […]
Read More
How did the United States get to the point where murderous attacks against students in schools have become common? Too many of these horrific events have occurred in the past decade. Everyone is asking: “Why is this happening?” The answer is not simple, but may I suggest to you it has a lot to do […]
Read More
One of more complicated issues about being a Christian is not nonbelievers, but other Christians! We can often blurt out our opinions about Bible interpretations to the detriment of the one hearing it. Ouch – sheep can most definitely bite! Recently, I met a young woman at a dinner party who was soon graduating with […]
Read More