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 break God’s heart, for he said, “I hate divorce” in 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 the Old Testament were successful and wealthy: Abraham,[1] Isaac,[2] Jacob,[3] 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 then you love your community, and then you love your 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 you will put on. Is life not more than food, 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 to come enjoy what he has prepared. But they refuse. 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 use of fossil fuels in its operations by 2030—a goal 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 water vapor—a potent greenhouse gas—high, thin clouds trap the sun’s 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 believe that they told the truth is that none of 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 gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our 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 condition of it.” They are a gift that shows the Read more…