During the recent Senate hearings of Ketanji Brown-Jackson earlier this spring when she was being interviewed as a nominee to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States of America, she was asked to provide a simple definition of ‘woman.’ You may remember that she stated...
According to a very recent survey by Lifeway Research and Ligonier Ministries[1] among evangelicals, not the public at large, a whopping 73% believe that “Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God,” 43% affirm that “Jesus was a great teacher, but he was not...
As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of our church, please think back with me to an old phrase/question: Which hills are you willing to die on? Meaning, which stands are you going to take regardless of the cost? For what are you prepared to die? Your answer will determine your...
Our culture seems to imply that we must work harder than ever to find ways to say “yes” to the world in order to gain a hearing. And, to a certain extent, this is all well and good. But it lacks an equally compelling “no,” because, if we are not careful...
I have often stated to our young people that, when they go off to almost any state university in our country today, they will be taught to disbelieve almost everything they have been taught morally and spiritually in their church and from their Christian parents. They will probably be...
I do not know of one person who doesn’t love a mountaintop experience, and this would also hold true for those who experienced them in both the Old and New Testaments. These are times when we all enjoy a special spiritual intimacy with the Lord and are able to see things more clearly...
As we celebrate our Independence Day on July 4th, we need to commemorate those who signed the Declaration of Independence, our nation’s “birth certificate.” They acknowledged: “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine...
All three of our children played baseball in organized leagues growing up. At first, it was a lot of fun, and one of our kids even played on a team that was undefeated. But then, my wife and I finally decided to give up on baseball altogether, and for the following...
If you gave Mom a chance to choose, most of the time she would prefer for the family to eat at a nice cafeteria instead of at home. That alternative eliminates working over a hot stove and having to clean up the dishes afterwards. Ask the kids and they, too, will usually choose a...
When you share and point out something in the Bible with someone else, have you ever had them say, “Well, that’s just your interpretation!”? Often what they mean by that is, when it comes to what the Bible says, usually it’s nothing more than just one’s...