The Watchmaker Parable Revisited
Imagine you are enjoying an afternoon picnic in a high mountain meadow. Lush grasses stretch out from under your feet. Wildflowers add brilliant splashes of color to the scene. The distant mountain peaks still hold some snow. Most of last winter’s snowfall is still working its way out of the mountain springs and lakes into […]
When Standing for Truth Makes People Angry
Jesus totally alienated the religious leaders of His day during the final week of His life. He knew in advance that His bold actions and assertions would inflame hostility against Him, but He proceeded anyway. When He rode into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey, He was clearly claiming to be the Messiah. When […]
Where Was Jesus Born? Exploring 10 Historical Truths
Where was Jesus born? Let’s journey back over 2,000 years to explore the place where Jesus the Messiah was born. Jesus’ birth is literally the basis of the modern calendar that is used all over the world.[1] Currently, we are about to enter the year 2024. In many places the date is still abbreviated as […]
What Does the Bible Say About Work? 10 Truths
What does the Bible say about work? That depends on where you flip to. The entrepreneurial and successful “Proverbs 31 woman” has a very different relationship to work than the demon-possessed, fortune-telling slave girl of Acts 16. The sluggard will need one set of verses, while the workaholic will need another. Because the question takes […]
6 Truths I Learned from Randy Gariss About Emotional Maturity
Isn’t it frustrating when recipients of God’s lavish grace bark at each other during the church board meeting? Or when a sermon fills you with a blaze of courage only to get snuffed out afterward by small talk with somebody who makes you feel small? Or when you fill up on the Bible first thing […]
How Do You Know? 10 Bible Verses on Knowledge
“Well, of course you can speak your truth. Anyone can, and we all should. But no one can speak the truth, because no one has the truth.” It was a good summary of where our culture is at on the question of truth, and for a few moments the campus minister was silent. Then, a […]
Who is the God of the Bible? A Foundational Question We Don’t Ask Nearly Enough
Who is the God of the Bible? He’s the Creator, responsible for all we see. He’s the One whose majesty is beyond contemplation—we should continually be in awe of Him. He’s the one who shows us love, in spite of ourselves. And He is holy, holy, holy, and therefore worthy of our deepest devotion. A […]
The Lies We Tell Ourselves about Ourselves
George Santos lied about some things in his past. Okay, about everything in his past. He lied about where he attended high school (Horace Mann) and college (Baruch) and graduate school (NYU). He claimed he starred on the Baruch volleyball team that beat Harvard and Yale. Baruch did beat Harvard in 2010, but Santos wasn’t […]
