Let me tell you an obvious fact you may never have thought of: You hold a set of ideas, some of which are contrary to what your church actually believes. And you are probably unaware …
The Minor Prophets #8 - Hosea
Unfortunately, the Biblical prophets don’t write their story like history. I say unfortunately, but that’s strictly from a 20th-century point of view. It’s probably because we aren’t really quite on the right wavelength. Instead, the …
The Minor Prophets #7 - Hosea
I have always said that whenever you see a prophet coming down the road it is almost certainly bad news. Because God doesn’t send us a prophet to tell us how well we are doing. …
The Minor Prophets #6 - Hosea
The Old Testament prophets pose a singular problem for the reader. This is because they are prophets, not seers like Nostradamus. They aren’t there to tell you when things are going to happen off in …
The Minor Prophets #5 - Amos
I’ve been reading the Biblical prophets for a long time now. In all that time, the thing that strikes me the most about these prophets is how real they were. These aren’t just old Hebrew …
50 Days to Pentecost
The listeners to our one station in the British Isles will know Pentecost as Whitsunday (White Sunday, that is.) from the custom of the newly-baptized wearing white. I was surprised on a visit to London …
The Minor Prophets #4 - Amos
In the days of the Old Testament prophets, the gate of the city was like the county courthouse used to be. It was where the courts were but also where most business was conducted. It …
The Minor Prophets #3 - Amos
Therefore flight shall perish before the swift, and the strong will not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he that is swift of …
The Minor Prophets #2 - Amos
When men forget God their society heads for ruin. And so, at critical junctures, here comes a prophet to call us to our senses. That’s the good news—the prophet comes. The bad news is that …
The Minor Prophets #1 - Amos
I can’t help wondering why Christians don’t read the Old Testament more than they do. Of course, I guess I could raise the same question regarding the New Testament. Some Christians just don’t read their …
Three Days and Three Nights
I love a good mystery. Puzzle solving is a favorite pastime of mine. So perhaps I can be forgiven for saying in a recent radio program that God also loves a mystery. Sometimes of course, …
Progressive Christianity
If there is a real and mortal danger for Christians, it is that we will try to make God over into our own image. It is not new. It has been in every age of …
A Non-Christian Easter
How much we take for granted. Every year the Easter season comes around with Palm Sunday, followed by Good Friday, followed by Easter Sunday. And each Easter has the sunrise service, new bonnets, Easter eggs, …
Who Killed Christ?
When the Pope viewed Mel Gibson’s movie, The Passion of Jesus Christ, he is said to have remarked, It is as it was. The Vatican later tried to spin that remark to bring it back …
The Reality of Christ
Years ago a friend told me what I was. Most of us have had that experience at one time or another. If not who we are, at least where we can go. My friend told …
The Redeemer
What I want to tell you today is crucial for both Christian and non-Christian alike. For too long, for generations, Christians have cloaked their faith in church-speak—in jargon that, too often, they don’t even understand. …
The Lie Inside
Many attribute the fall of the Soviet Union to the fact that the government lost control of information. At one time, virtually all information that reached the public was under governmental control. In the USSR, …
Recycling the Planet
In the scientific and political debate surrounding global warming, let’s see if we can get one thing straight—one thing everyone with knowledge has to agree with: The earth we walk on is a temporary phenomenon …
Believing the Lie
Would you buy a used car from a salesman who had lied to you on previous deal? No way. Not only that, but I wouldn’t do any business with that dealership again. I think we …
The Green Bible
Recently I was introduced to The Green Bible at a local library. I was amazed and thought it was very inspirational. I personally do not think that The Green Bible is a “New Age” concept. …