Dr. Paul J. Dean Christian Blog and Commentary Archives

It’s easy to start a fight between Christians; just talk about Halloween.

A question was asked in Sunday School regarding the reference to “heel” in Gen. 3:15: “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”

Part of our problem is well-meaning but biblically uninformed Christians.

You have to appreciate it when an unbeliever says something rooted in truth particularly when it’s insightfully penetrating. I came across this quote from Reggae singer Bob Marley

To say we have a big problem doing evangelism in the “Bible Belt” is an understatement. It’s also a problem of our own making.

Atheists will say the most interesting things. Of course they are more than interesting; sometimes they affirm God’s reality without realizing it; at other times they may just open a window for us to see into their own souls.

The biblical doctrine of hospitality has rich theological moorings and implications; for that reason it’s often misunderstood.

“Choir goes patriotic this Sunday, come worship with us.”

It’s interesting the different music styles played in different restaurants these days ...

My wife is reading a biography of Amy Carmichael who among other things was a missionary

These two dynamics – kingdom advance and culture making – go together. Let me explain.

“A Miami-Dade judge approved a settlement in which [a young girl’s] biological mother, her mother's lesbian lover, and the man whose sperm made it all possible will all sign her birth certificate as parents.

Sometime back a survey from the Barna Group yielded six reasons young people leave the church.

Recently a Christian educator was talking about the FCC outlawing loud television commercials.

I was listening to Christian talk radio not too long ago and something a caller said caught my attention: “God must be furious right now and I hate to think what’s going to happen as a result.”

Recently I attended an outstanding Christmas hand bell concert; the Savior was exalted. I also enjoyed the conductor’s brief comments about particular pieces.

My daughter is majoring in music at a Christian college known for its academic rigor. Because it’s a Christian college, she has to take a number of Bible and theology classes, and rightly so.

Am I my brother’s keeper? Cain asked that question to deny his sin before God. The obvious answer to that query is that he was his brother’s keeper in one sense; at the very least, he shouldn’t have murdered him.

Recently, a popular Christian, cultural commentator rightly urged us to focus on making an argument for the truth and goodness of free market principles in a free society.

On talk radio and in private conversation we routinely hear people say the end is near; Christ is coming very soon.