For the first time in our history, married couples are in a minority. Married couples now only comprise 48% of the households of this country. Back when I was a junior in high school, going …
Living Together
There is something radically wrong with sex education as it currently exists in this country. It seems as though everyone has completely forgotten that sex is supposed to be an act of love. But perhaps …
Are You Angry?
Are you angry? Are you mad at what is going on in government? If you are a Republican, you are probably mad at the Democrats. If you are a Democrat, you are mad at the …
The Music of Divorce
For the first time in my life, I am beginning to understand why your kids like that stuff they call music. (I don’t understand why it isn’t music yet, but maybe that’s part of the …
Was Jesus Married?
As a member of the public, you should never, never, take biblical scholarship too seriously. You can only do that if you are a scholar yourself, and carry not only the training but the responsibility …
A Flash of Wisdom
Insight comes in small packets. There’s no landslide of wisdom. You can’t go to school and take a course in Wisdom 101. But she is everywhere. Every day, she is always around. Solomon said, Wisdom …
Before the Beginning
We have two sources of information about God. First, we have his revelation of himself in the Bible. Second, we have God’s revelation of himself in the creation. From those two witnesses we have a …
A Righteous Vengeance
I was initially surprised, in the days following the attacks on 9/11, at some public figures allowing that it was wrong to merely seek revenge on Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. But when I …
Disappearing Dreams
What do you do when you wake up some morning and realize that you have run way too far down the wrong road? Life isn’t working. You feel absolutely lost. I used to hear Billy …
Without Love
What do you think about an urban school district that, in the first three months of school, had 19 reports of weapons confiscated and 42 assaults by kids? That’s awful, you say. What a shame, …
The Test of a Prophet
I honestly don’t know what people expect in terms of a prophet. I don’t think many people even know where to look for one. You certainly would be making a mistake if you looked for …
The Minor Prophets #32 - Malachi
I don’t suppose there has ever been a man on the face of the earth who had the power at his beck and call that Jesus had. But there was never a time when he …
The Minor Prophets #31 - Malachi
It seems like it’s very hard for the servants of God to keep their act together. The worst thing that can happen to us is good times. For the Israelites who returned to Jerusalem from …
The Minor Prophets #30 - Zechariah
When you begin pondering the last days (as the Bible presents them) and you read what the prophets have to say about that time, you’re inevitably drawn to the Book of Revelation. And what I …
The Minor Prophets #29 - Zechariah
There is really no question that when you read an Old Testament prophet you should ask how he was understood at the time, and how the prophecy would apply in his own lifetime. But if …
The Minor Prophets #28 - Zechariah
When you are reading the Old Testament prophets, there’s a particular challenge you run into again and again: What time period is the prophecy aimed at? Now, I have long since explained that in order …
The Minor Prophets #27 - Zechariah
I find myself constantly fascinated at the way the prophets in the Bible interlace with one another. You wouldn’t know this on a single read. You wouldn’t know it by reading a chapter here a …
The Minor Prophets #26 - Zechariah
It seems odd, in a way, that Satan is not mention more than he is in the Old Testament—at least by name. There may be other references, but the word Satan appears only once in …
The Minor Prophets #25 - Zechariah
The next-to-the-last book in the Old Testament—the next-to-the-last of the Minor Prophets—is a man named Zechariah. In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the …
A Christian Pentecost
This weekend marks one of the most important occasions in the history of the Christian Church. It is the day of Pentecost, and you may not know that it is actually a lot older than …