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During my week at Cannon Beach, we devoted the Friday morning session to questions from the audience. They could either write their questions down...

San Diego Charger fans (like me) generally find it hard to pull for vaunted Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady. But now that the all-star appears to...

“Solzhenitsyn, Literary giant Who Defied Soviets, Dies at 89,” ran the headline on the front page of the New York Times, which was then followed by...

Late July/early August is usually a dry time for sports talk. Not this year...

I got a very kind and challenging response to the recent article about Living the Abundant Marriage. This is the note that arrived on my guestbook...

What if your very first time attending a baseball game you caught 3 foul balls? Would you expect the same thing to happen every time? And if it...

Youngest son Brett suggested that I read The Last Lecture. The book came from the notoriety gained when Professor Randy Pausch literally delivered...

Voice of the Martyrs and China Aid Association have produced a wristband that says “Pray for China” in English and Chinese. As the Beijing Olympics...

July 31st is Mutt’s Day. I am a big fan of the phony baloney holiday. To get August off to a great start I have found a special holiday for every...

I get a fair amount of email. Some of it is a blessing and quite encouraging. Some not so much in either category. But the ones that break my heart...

So where are we at the end of all this? Don’t believe every word that “Papa” says in “The Shack.” I would not be honest if I didn’t give that...

Thirty-two years ago this week I donned the hideous robin’s egg blue tux and married the gorgeous Joni. She plighted her troth to me on that day....

I have no doubt that Christians are a large part of the audience for The Shack. I wonder what’s going on here. Have we decided that if the book...

I have long told my students that the doctrine of humanity is, by far, the most pressing doctrine of our day, for it is the area of Christian...

Imagine Dr. Phil talking to the author of The Shack, and a "crazy dream" about Jesus riding a motorcycle. What does it all mean?