Jan 7, 2015 | Christian Living, Culture, The Bible
When Christ who is our life is revealed, you will be revealed with Him in glory. Glory is a word that means “light.” Sometimes glory also means heaviness; think of the overwhelming brightness of the presence of God. When the children of Israel made the...
Dec 31, 2014 | Christian Living, Culture, The Bible, Theology
There’s so much more to the Christian faith than simply dying and going to heaven. You see, heaven is not yet finished. We have in our minds the notion that heaven is already completed and perfected, but that’s really not the way the story is told in Scripture. The...
Nov 24, 2014 | Christian Living, Culture
Some time ago I did a funeral and was saddened to realize that I was dealing with a family that had no tradition of Christian faith. The patriarch of this family had passed away in his early 60s, and his daughter wanted me to do his funeral. The family had no...
Nov 17, 2014 | Christian Living, Culture, Romans, The Bible
We live with a terrible myth in our culture: the myth that somehow I have made myself. It is the lie that somehow I can shape my own destiny; that everyone is free to do whatever he or she wants to do. We ought to be thankful for the marvelous freedoms in our...
Nov 3, 2014 | Christian Living, Culture, Theology
I was once interim pastor of an inner city church that had, for various reasons, begun to decline in numbers. As church attendance dropped, month after month and year after year, the remaining congregation began to face the possibility that its days might be...
Oct 27, 2014 | Culture, Higher Education, Theology
I’m delighted to have the opportunity introduce to you today the world-renowned author, philosopher, and debater, Dr. William Lane Craig. Dr. Craig and I sat down together recently to talk about apologetics, the life of the mind, and his ministry as a widely sought...
