Some time ago I heard an interview with Bono on a public news station, and the subject of Jesus came up. I guess Bono was in one of his...

Christians believe that God has forgiven their sins. But what difference does this actually make in the day-to-day? What difference...

Have you ever seen someone trying to get out of a boat … slowly? They’ve got one foot on the dock and one foot in the boat, and they just...

Jews in Jesus’ day had a hard time understanding how Gentiles could be saved. Gentiles were so bad. They were the historic oppressors....

You and I are not facing the same kinds of persecution the Apostle John was when Jesus appeared to him in a prison cell on the island of...

Back in the day, in my Christian school classroom, there was an enormous picture of Jesus. At least, it was supposed to be Jesus. It...

Recently, I saw some incredible statistics in the Wall Street Journal about the social importance of family mealtimes for children. One...

When I was 19 years old, I got to take a class with Charles Ryrie, a theologian who had the most famous study Bible of the 1980s and 90s....

This is the last of a five-part series on the Lord’s Prayer. Don’t miss the previous posts: “Our Father,” “Hallowed Be Your Name,” “Your...

This is the fourth of a five-part series on the Lord’s Prayer. Don’t miss Monday’s post (“Our Father”), Tuesday’s (“Hallowed Be Your...

This is the third of a five-part series on the Lord’s Prayer. Don’t miss Monday’s post (“Our Father”) or yesterday’s (“Hallowed Be Your...

This is the second of a five-part series on the Lord’s Prayer. Don’t miss yesterday’s (“Our Father”), and be sure to come back throughout...

This is the first of a five-part series on the Lord’s Prayer. Come back throughout the week for the rest! We’ve got issues when it comes...

Many people tend to think shame is just an extreme form of guilt: Guilt is feeling bad about something bad you did; shame is feeling...

Have you ever sent an email in haste that you wish you could take back? Or accidentally replied all when you were responding in anger?...

I’ve always heard it said that the value you place on something is shown by what you are willing to give up for it. If something is...

Martha’s rebuke of her sister Mary, who sat at Jesus’ feet to listen to him instead of helping Martha serve their guests, revealed that...

Distraction is not the same as divine interruption. Jesus seemed to be entirely “indistractible” on the one hand but imminently...

Though the concept is used in multiple places, there is only one passage in the Bible where the word “distraction” is actually used:...

It’s not hard to find claims from contemporary, even secular, scientists and history professors that Jesus did, in fact, rise from the...