Mar 11, 2013 | Christian Living, Church History, The Bible
Did you know that a Bible verse once helped save the British army? Up until the 20th century, nearly the entire English speaking world used the King James translation of the Bible. We all shared a common text. People were also more Biblically literate than most are...
Mar 6, 2013 | Christian Living, The Bible
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego did well for themselves in exile. They were given high ranking bureaucratic positions, and a group of native Babylonian administrators became jealous. But these native Babylonians, also called Chaldeans, soon saw an opportunity to...
Mar 4, 2013 | Christian Living, Culture, The Bible
Suppose you were snatched from your own home by hostile invaders bent on destroying your country. What would you do? Would you stay true to your faith in a foreign land? That’s just what happened to scores of young people living in Israel during the Babylonian...
Feb 27, 2013 | Christian Living, Family
My wife Sue and I had a great time visiting with HBU students the other night at the 2nd annual Table Talk. You can watch our conversation in the video above. We talked about marriage, dating, divorce, and even flirting! You’ll be especially interested in this...
Feb 25, 2013 | Christian Living, The Bible
Your conscience can be wrong. You can’t always rely on it, because your sins can sear and crust it over without your noticing. Look at the Apostle Paul. Paul was so aware of this that he didn’t engage in the kind of moral introspection we commonly associate with...
Feb 20, 2013 | 1 & 2 Corinthians, Christian Living, Romans, The Bible
Christians and non-Christians alike can make sound moral choices because God created each and every one of us with a conscience. When your non-Christian friends talk about being good, decent people, even though they don’t go to church, they’re trying to assuage the...