The truth of biblical creation is foundational to the rest of the Bible and to the faith and practice of the Christian. And since this “world” (this age) is alienated from God, no wonder there has been a ridicule of believers as well as suppres...
Continue ReadingFriedrich Nietzsche wrote, “You have your way, I have my way. As for the right way, it does not exist.” This is a good summary of relativism. Now here is the thing. The acceptance of moral relativism is closely linked to acceptance of the theor...
Continue ReadingAll of us are involved in spiritual warfare of one kind or another. In fact the Bible tells Christians that “the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (of the flesh) but mighty through God, casting down imaginations and every high thing that exal...
Continue ReadingThe stability of matter is a continuing puzzle to physicists. They point out that when you consider all the physical forces at work in matter, even in something as simple as a glass of water, it’s sort of miraculous that everything doesn’t just...
Continue ReadingAs Whittaker Chambers wrote over sixty years ago, “The crisis of the Western World exists to the degree in which it is indifferent to God.” Chambers – an ex-communist spy who worked for the Soviet Union and a convert to Christianity – was s...
Continue ReadingSatan is called “Beelzebub” in Matthew 12:24, a Hebrew word which literally means “Lord of the Flies”. Since flies in their larval stage of development, known as maggots, live in and grow from eggs in the midst of decaying flesh, Beelzebub ...
Continue ReadingThe date: October 31, 1517. The place: Germany. The event: Martin Luther nails his famous Ninety-five Theses – a “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences” – to the Wittenberg church door. Luther felt compelled to expose...
Continue ReadingWhat follows is a true story. A missionary received a visitor who poured out all his troubles. The missionary said, “Let us be still – and wait on the Lord. He has the answer for every problem.” So they sat together in silence. Finally, some ...
Continue ReadingMy wife, Susan, was leaving the house and already out the door when I called out to her, “When will I see you again?” And she called back, “What?!” So I thought I’d be cute and follow up with the next phrase from the old pop song When Wil...
Continue ReadingOne of the many foundational truths of Genesis is this: “And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years” (Genesis 1:14). Fam...
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