In the movie “Evan Almighty,” God, in the form of Morgan Freeman, has only begun his mission to convince Evan, played by Steve Carell, that his mission in life is to build an ark for an upcoming flood. God is preparing Evan for his special
I, for one, am getting tired of troubled times. Especially tiresome is the mass-manipulation that tells us to worry even more than we might otherwise. “Boooo!” the official opinion-makers keep telling everyone. “Be very, very angry…and very afraid!” Fear reaches a certain threshold, and then
A young gay man who is a student at a evangelical Christian university is anxious. He lives in the constant fear that somehow, from someone, word will get out that he likes guys. He’s anxious, indeed, fearful, that the administration of the university will learn
Luke 12:11-12: When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worryabout how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what you ought to say.
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God’s gift, that’s why we call it the present.” -Joan Rivers I’ve often began some of the writings I have contributed with some odd quotations from unexpected sources that may not immediately come to mind or
I recently attended a session at a conference entitled “Help me! … But I don’t really trust you.” The session was led by Dr. David Clement, a psychologist, licensed minister, and self-identified Evangelical Christian. In part of his presentation, Dr. Clement discussed James Fowler’s Stages
If revamping Social Security is the deadly “third rail” of politics, asking for the focus of Christianity to move from the idea of “fall and redemption” to a more positive way of thinking about God and our faith, is apparently the theological “third rail.” The
Though it’s become a cliché, we hear it all the time. Every time somebody gets too narcissistic, these days, they are put in their place with a caustic, “It’s all about you!” Comedians won’t even use it anymore because it’s become too tired and threadbare.
In thinking about original blessing, we come face to face with the notion of creation. Or rather, of being created, of being creatures. But what does it mean to be created? What does it mean to be made in God’s image? And how does a
The Bible speaks authoritatively to four thousand years of time. This is because of the diversity of the book. The Bible speaks from diverse experiences through which God’s people draw conclusions about the Word for them in their own lives. What we know about the