I suppose it would take several pages to list the changes that have occurred in our lives this year. If someone would have told me, a year ago, that in 2020 all our malls would be closed, the stadiums would be empty, the restaurants will be closed, a U.S. economy that was going like gangbusters would grind almost to a halt, nobody would care about hockey or basketball or baseball, everyone woul...
With the heated debate in the Senate over the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, we are presented again with the political hypocrisy that has become mainstay in our country.
On the one side, the Democrats are howling that we should wait until after the election, that it is unconstitutional for the Republicans to fill the seat left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In 20...
Marc and I arrived yesterday in Cincinnati for the Engagement Project training conference this Saturday at Kenwood Baptist Church. The venue is sold out but we will be streaming live if you want to attend (see Events).
Sunday evening, I will be doing a Q&A with Pastor David Palmer at the church, then meeting with pastors Monday morning, medical students in the afternoon and a public foru...
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Woe is me! I’m undone! For I am a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty. Isaiah 6:5
I love to study the interactions between the infinite God and finite man. There is something so amazing about them, that God should condescend to meet with us. Often those interactions are scary: Adam hiding; Nebu...
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Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can. No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man. – John Lennon
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When Satan tempted Eve, he offered her another way to bliss. When Satan tempted Jesus, he offered Him ano...
We are rejoicing!
God was gracious to us yesterday at the Engagement Project launch in Colorado Springs. We filled the sanctuary of Village Seven Presbyterian Church (within the COVID restrictions) and there were 490 who joined us on the live stream. It was a joy for me to be able to meet so many who had been faithful in leading the Truth Project and were now excited to take this next step....
“Spiritual naturalism” is a phrase I’ve been using for years to describe a modified form of Naturalism that has arisen in our culture.
Here is the essence of what has happened.
Naturalism is a philosophy that believes that all reality can be understood in terms of matter and energy. Everything that exists is merely the result of these two prime elements operating in a ca...
But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. 2 Chronicles 16:16
When Uzziah became powerful, he became proud and that pride led to his horrible downfall. He was afflicted by the Lord with leprosy for the rest of his life. Uzziah had begun to think that his power gave him the right to make up his own rules.
There is little difference between what happened to Uzziah an...
[this is being re-posted from my old, lost, hacked website; originally posted April 20, 2007]
My Dad lives in an apartment in an assisted living community. Between my wife and I, we try to visit him at least once a day. Yesterday, I went over a little earlier than usual and he wasn’t home. Searching around, I found him in the dining room, enjoying one of the weekly “music fests&r...
[Preface: Gazing on the Face of God]
But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you… Acts 3:14
Previously, we contemplated that God is Judge. Because He is both Creator and Holy, He has the right and responsibility to His own nature to judge rebellious acts that are contrary to His divine character and purposes. When He acts in this capa...
