Daniel McCoy

The classic story of the three little pigs was always so clear to me. The wolf was the bad guy, as the aggressor, and the pigs were the good guys, the victims. Then in 1996 came a bombshell: a tell-all book called “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs”—written by the wolf. In the […]

It stunk to be an Ephraimite in the days of Jephthah the Judge. In the biblical book of Judges, we read about how one tribe, the Ephraimites, insulted the Gileadites, who in turn fought against the Ephraimites and captured the entrances back into their territory. One thing to keep in mind about the Ephraimites was […]

Do animals have souls? Let’s get imaginative. If you hear someone answer, “Of course animals don’t have souls,” what kind of person would give that answer? Well for one, that’s the answer most atheists would give since they believe no one has a soul. But the answer could just as easily be coming from a […]

There are three mistakes commonly made by disciples when it comes to the mind. The first mistake is neglecting the mind. Neglecting the Mind In Mark Noll’s influential book The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, the first line bluntly states, “The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical […]

What’s the timeline of “Holy Week”? Sometimes, it’s also called Passion Week or the Final Week. Whatever you call it, the week of Jesus’ arrest and crucifixion (Sunday to Saturday) had to feel to Jesus’ disciples like taking a week-long journey from heaven to hell. Here’s a summary of how each day went (plus a […]

Every family and church is composed of multiple generations. How should we as Christians feel about this sometimes-volatile concoction? At a recent conference, I was assigned the topic of “generations” to speak on. I reasoned that the best way to articulate what I wanted to say about generations was in the form of a poem. […]

Since forgiveness isn’t usually easy, it’s worth pausing to ask why forgiveness is important. To help us think through the importance of forgiveness, here is what happens when we don’t forgive and when we do. If I don’t cultivate the rhythm of forgiveness . . . The Bible starts with God creating a beautiful world […]

March 5, 2024 We are living in a post-Roe world. Does it feel like you thought it would? Me neither. Some context: In 1973, the Supreme Court ruling called Roe v. Wade decriminalized abortion throughout the U.S., appealing to women’s constitutional right to privacy. States were prohibited from restricting abortion in the first trimester, while […]