Blogs Archives

If I have seemed partly distracted for the last week, I blame it mostly on a new program on my laptop computer, the Logos Bible Software Scholar’s...

Each year around this time, through the Update, I offer ten titles - in no particular order – from the previous twelve months for your summer...

The rise of therapeutic education is reflective of a culture absorbed in self and should frighten us all in terms of the worldview that is being...

Thinking about my father and my sons two days before Father's Day.

I have talked to many men my age who are still desperate for the approval of their fathers. And I know that is true for women as well. Jim Valvano,...

I tried to remember the dreams of a child growing up in Southern Ohio. My dream to be a Major League Baseball player died really quickly in Little...

A good friend shared with me some of the wisdom he has learned about life lately. He mentioned one thing that stuck in my mind. "No is a complete...

The Southern Baptist Convention will be held this week in Indianapolis, Indiana. Major issues to be discussed include leadership and the nature of...

Some say that any words other than taking the Lord’s name in vain are merely words. There is some truth to that. Jesus made it clear that what is...

As the gay marriage debate gains momentum across the country, what should evangelical churches do? Here's one answer. Put a statement about...

If the church is to be effective in this rapidly changing world, we must understand the times and know what to do.

The word 'proselytize' has become a pejorative when used to refer to Christians. But as I read the definitions it became clear to me that I need to...

Yesterday Barack Obama bowed to inevitable reality and resigned his membership at Trinity United Church in Chicago. His resignation calls to mind a...

Here are 10 signs that you are "striving" in a bad way in the Lord's work.

A friend from overseas sent the following email several days ago: "What is the relevancy of the Holy Spirit in the gospel message in our times?"...