Cross Purposes

In the first gospel, it was the first word Jesus spoke as He began His public ministry: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand....

I have a facebook "friend" ("friended" because she's the wife of a real-life friend) who continually posts all the ...

What is sometimes called "cessationist" teaching accuses charismatics of indulging in subjectivism: following experiences, rathe...

I've written several recent posts on opinion. They come from the frustrating (and probably very common) experience of Sunday School cl...

My daughter's drug-case was heard yesterday. Our family went to court to be with her. Gary, one of the lay-ministers from the church ...

Mute Solemn, knowing the time, face like flint set hard this hard time. Jerusalem ! mark this time, this man Jesus ! A...

There's some guilt in hating superficiality. Sometimes people can feel, and say, it's an attitude of intellectual elitism: of ...

The American evangelical tradition I grew up in greatly enjoyed the sport of anti-Christ speculation: my extended family perhaps more than ...

I fixed lunch for my daughter and her boyfriend when they visited the other day. I'm not a great cook by any means: but I have a few t...

"For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. Then that l...