The book of Ecclesiastes is probably one of the least-read—and perhaps least loved—books of the Bible, yet chapter three of Ecclesiastes is famous, thanks in large part to the rock band The Byrds and their 1965 hit song “Turn! Turn! Turn!” Read more…
It’s a terrible and frightening thing to be alone—truly alone, not just for an hour, or even a day, but all the time. But we Christians are not alone. Of course, Jesus is always with us, as he told us Read more…
Are your religious leaders teaching and preaching racism or bigotry? Misogyny? Persecution of people who are “different,” like homosexuals, transsexuals, and others in the LGBTQ+ community? If so, you should know that that’s not Christianity. Are your religious leaders telling Read more…
The saints may have to march elsewhere soon.[1] A recent expert analysis concluded that New Orleans could be swallowed up by the Gulf of Mexico by 2100. The city of New Orleans actually sits below sea level, but is kept Read more…
Most of the time, Pacific trade winds blow from east to west along the equator, blowing warm water from South America toward Asia. This pulls cooler ocean water up from below the surface near South America. That cooler water is Read more…
Islam is very critical of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, which is the belief that God is three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In the Muslim view, this contradicts verses such as Deuteronomy 6:4, which says, “Hear, Israel! Read more…
Two years ago, I wrote about the importance of attending church. I stand by that. I believe we grow in the faith faster and further when we surround ourselves with other believers whom we can learn from and be encouraged Read more…
In the fall of 1975, during my junior year of college, I took a seminar course which focused on ethics and morality. The course required a lot of reading, including the entire New Testament. I remember thinking as I read Read more…
I have written in the past about why Jesus’s resurrection mattered, and how we can know that it really happened. Unbelievers seldom bother to wrestle with the New Testament accounts about Jesus’s resurrection, but those who do generally discount them Read more…
After the Artemis II returned from its trip around the dark side of the moon and was safely back on Earth, one of the four astronauts, Christina Koch, reflected on what it meant to be a “crew”:[1] A crew is Read more…