From the time I was a child, I could easily recount the story of the paralytic lowered through the roof. It’s a spectacular story: four friends so determined to get a man to Jesus that they did an impromptu HGTV home makeover. As I read this as an adult today, I cannot help be feel [...]
Multiple sclerosis is a disease I do not really comprehend. Someone suffering from MS loses control of their body down to even the most basic functions, such as chewing and swallowing. It is not easy to see someone young and otherwise beautiful choke on every bite of food and need infant-like care in the bathroom. [...]
A friend of mine forwarded the latest article on Christianity found in Newsweek, entitled “Christianity in Crisis”. What I found interesting was that the cover of Newsweek says, “Forget the Church: Follow Jesus“. Articles such as this one are not unique, and the ideas they put forward certainly aren’t new. That said, they are becoming [...]
The subject of “hell” has come under much debate. On the one hand, there are the those who grew up with a tradition that taught a lake of fire would burn eternally with you in it if you didn’t “get right with God”. On the other hand, there are those that think the concept of hell was [...]
I heard an analogy recently of how some people shoot an arrow and then draw the target around their shot declaring it a bulls-eye, and that this backwards form of target practice is similar to how many live their lives before God. I couldn’t agree more. In fact, I see this happen most blatantly in [...]
“Well, last I checked, talking to invisible people is usually diagnosed as schizophrenia.” – Eli Loker, on the FOX series Lie to Me Ever have a voice like Eli’s creep into your head? Eventually, we all do. We begin to wonder how much of God is reality vs. the things we simply say or were [...]
For even a staunch atheist, Jesus is a problem. His teachings alone present an eternal challenge to the depth of every person’s soul, and his grace and life show a heart breaking form of compassion that has been captured in paintings and books countless times. Yet when questions of practice and guidelines surface, or when [...]
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