First marriages in the United States end in divorce between forty and fifty percent of the time. For second marriages, the rate is even higher—sixty to sixty-seven percent—and for third marriages the divorce rate is above seventy percent.[1] This must Read more…
I have criticized the so-called prosperity gospel in the past as being unbiblical. It is in fact a very Pharisaic idea. The Pharisees believed that prosperity was evidence of God’s favor. After all, many of the most famous people in Read more…
In a recent interview on Fox News, Vice President J.D. Vance said the following: But there’s this old school—and I think it’s a very Christian concept, by the way—that you love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and Read more…
In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount,[1] he gives this startling advice: “I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what Read more…
In Matthew 22:1-14, Jesus told a parable about a king who throws a magnificent party on the occasion of his son’s wedding. On the day of the feast, he sends his slaves to remind the invited guests that it’s time Read more…
I don’t make stock recommendations on this website,[1] so that is not what this is. But I recently learned about a business that is aggressively trying to make money by tackling climate change, with a goal of completely eliminating the Read more…
Eight years ago, I wrote about the uncertainty surrounding how clouds might impact climate change: Higher temperatures and warmer ocean water will increase evaporation, which should result in more clouds. But clouds have two opposite effects. Because they consist of Read more…
After Jesus’ death, his followers claimed that he rose from death and was with them off and on for about fifty days. The whole of Christianity stands or falls on the credibility of this claim. One of many reasons to Read more…
I recently saw a little brochure—what we used to call a “tract” when I was a baby Christian—that said, “Eternal Life is a Free Gift.” Well, yes. And no. Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death, but the Read more…
In the short story, “The Naval Treaty,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes observes that many things in life are essential for our existence. But flowers, such as a rose, are “an extra,” “an embellishment of life, not a Read more…