The headline is the title of an article that appeared in The Atlantic by Stephen Cave. His conclusion was that even though there’s no such thing as free will, “we’re better off believing in it anyway.”
Secularism believes that the supernatural doesn’t exist and everything has an empirical, scien...
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The clarion cries for the abolishment of ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement), the latest Supreme Court ruling on President Trump’s travel ban, and the recent border crisis reveal just how difficult the issue immigration is to decipher. How are we as Christians to perceive the immigrati...
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The word “solstice” literally means “sun-stop” and refers to the sun’s northernmost point on earth’s axis before it heads south and our days start getting shorter. Today, the North Pole is most tilted toward the sun, resulting in this being the longest day of the year. Fairbanks, Alaska will have...
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I’m sure we’d all agree that life is not a game if you’re talking about entertainment. But it’s not far-fetched to compare life to an athletic contest. In fact, there are numerous references in the New Testament depicting the similarities between the Christian life and the world of sports: the fi...
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My father passed away just over two years ago. He would have been 90 years old last Saturday. It was inevitable his birthday would come up in conversation with my family, but how it came up was rather strange. My daughter works at a restaurant and was asked by her boss to pick up a cake at a loca...
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Last night, Judith and I and a group from Faith Family Church were privileged to attend the 50th anniversary banquet of the Westminster Rescue Mission (WRM). The featured speaker for the evening was former baseball slugger Darryl Strawberry, whose 17 years in the majors led to four world champion...
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Jeremiah’s counsel is amazingly relevant to American Christians today - It’s truly amazing how relevant the prophet’s counsel is for us who live in a culture much like that of ancient Babylon.
Jeremiah’s counsel is amazingly relevant to American Christians today
In the 6th century BC, Jerem...
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Will politics, polls, and surveys determine what we call ourselves as followers of Jesus?
Will politics, polls, and surveys determine what we call ourselves as followers of Jesus? Recently, there has been quite a stir over the term “evangelical” that has left many Christian leaders frus...
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In a secular age many consider belief in the virgin birth of Jesus an indication of inferior intellect.
In a secular age many consider belief in the virgin birth of Jesus an indication of inferior intellect. Incredibly, even some who profess to be Christian hold the doctrine to be either u...
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I recently read that millennials who identify as evangelical have a much less orthodox theology than their forebears.
I recently read that millennials who identify as evangelical have a much less orthodox theology than their forebears. One survey revealed that a third of evangelicals betwe...
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