Reading Is Fundamental
Let’s keep reading central in our homes and preserve the doorway through which our children will access God’s Word.
When life’s trials crash in, we want a well-worn pathway to lead our children to the comfort of the God’s Word. However, they have a formidable obstacle to overcome if they “hate” reading. So what should a parent do in a culture where screens entice our children away from books? It is time to take... Continue Reading
The Enchanted Realism of “All Creatures Great and Small”
An essay on television’s best show.
The five major characters of “All Creatures” are each a finely-honed individual. None of them are perfect; all of them have flaws; they all fight realistic battles. Though the show is not a Christian show in explicit form, it overlaps significantly with a Christian vision of life in a fallen world. In fact, I think... Continue Reading
The Trouble with Treacherous Servants
What 2 Samuel can teach us about technology.
Indispensable servants are always at risk of becoming oppressive masters. Humanity has always known this; it is only recently that our technologies have become so useful as to replace human servants and occupy this ambivalent position, leaving their owners and users reduced to the spectacle of pathetic Ish-bosheths—unable to live with them or without them.... Continue Reading
Growing Numbers of Latinos “Revert” to Islam
The search for God is happening largely as a search for meaning without the pressure of family life or cultural traditions.
Like many Americans, Latinos find themselves seeking stability in an uncertain time. Growing numbers are leaving the Catholicism in which they were raised—and they face unique cultural challenges and have distinct cultural affinities that make Islam attractive. Hispanic women in particular find themselves drawn to Islam. In 2014, the PBS program Religion and Ethics... Continue Reading
Already But Not Yet
God can, and indeed already has, conquered sin and death in Jesus. No longer enslaved without hope, Christians pray and fight the “long defeat.”
From 10/21-7/22, our now 43-year-old son Jordan went through great adversities. He responded to ongoing wicked trauma on many fronts by trying to take his life three times. We felt the power of that vortex too. Once, in Mexico, he jumped from a tower, broke his back and smashed his feet. His back required 8-hour... Continue Reading
‘Indoctrination’: Colorado Parents Outraged by Elementary School LGBTQ History Standards Launching This Fall
The standards incorporate the “historical and civic contributions of LGBTQ+” in first through 12th grade history and civics curriculum.
First graders who can “discuss, identify, and explain important LGBTQ+ symbols” will be considered “prepared graduates” under the newly implemented standards. Colorado’s new LGBTQ social studies standards, which include first grade lessons on LGBTQ history, transgenderism, and the rainbow flag, is age-inappropriate and pushes a radical agenda, some parents in the state complain. “I... Continue Reading
The Tragedy of Teaching: Greatness without Goodness
In this period when we are taking a final look at our syllabi to make sure we are preparing students for greatness, let us also ask whether we will meet their need to walk in the path of Christ’s goodness.
The Bible never instructs believers to emulate God in His greatness. God’s metaphysical attributes are exclusive to Him. Self-preservation would invite us to believe that divine greatness is only safe in the hands of a being with divine goodness. Our ersatz C.S. Lewis would argue that the same relationship of goodness and greatness should apply... Continue Reading
Finding Joy in the Ordinary
Do not let the complicated nature of life cause you to miss the fact that some of life’s most simple pleasures are often profound.
Pausing to recognize the unremarkable should help remind us that even when we do routine things, we are still privileged to participate in the long history of human life. Many of us get up in the morning, pour a cup of coffee or orange juice, pull out a chair, and sit down at a simple... Continue Reading
It Was No Accident: All Forms of Energy Were Provided by the Creator
We don’t have to commit suicide to “save the planet.”
The atheistic worldview is literally that the universe came into existence from absolutely nothing producing hydrogen and helium gas and a little bit of lithium. Then given sufficient time it produced all the elements in the universe and all life including you and me. All unguided, defying the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics all... Continue Reading
Let’s Hear It for the Second Parents
I thought it would be fitting today to draw attention to these second parents and second spouses, these God-given provisions for the needy and broken-hearted.
A man or woman has suffered the heartbreaking loss of a spouse and has then rejoiced as God has provided a second husband, a second wife. In almost every case, this second spouse had previously been unmarried and had reluctantly accepted that, though they desired to marry, God had not provided a spouse. They had... Continue Reading
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