Letters to the Editor
Editor: Candace Chellew’s article, Be Here Now, is one of the best I have ever read about God and suffering. My sister Liz and I talk about this subject all the time. I have told her about your site and hope she will read your
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Jesus, Wake Up!
A pastor I know prominently displays in his home a photograph depicting an impressive lightning bolt during a storm. He said it reminds him where the true power in the world lies – with God – not with humans. It is God who holds the
Letters to the Editor
Editor: I am a big fan of Philip Yancey, and followed a few links to your website. I am struggling, as a result of my conservative faith, to get my head around all that I am reading. I must also confess to having harbored my
Gracious Christianity
A man was walking across a bridge one day, and saw another man standing on the edge, about to jump off. The first man immediately ran over and said “Stop! Don’t do it!” “Why shouldn’t I?” he said. The man said, “Well, there’s so much
Letters to the Editor
Editor: I would like to thank you for your online Christian magazine. It has, undoubtedly, saved my life. And I meant that statement literally. I found your magazine about two years ago when I was deeply struggling with my sexuality and my religion. I love
Realizing the Presence
I arise today Through God’s strength to pilot me: God’s might to uphold me, God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s eye to look before me, God’s ear to hear me, God’s word to speak for me, God’s hand to guard me, God’s way to lie
Letters to the Editor
Editor: Bill from Tampa here. Thanks for including your interview with Philip Yancey. I’m really, really impressed with both Whosoever and Yancey for doing this. It reminds me of some work by the Campolos too. I think efforts at dialogue like this are crucial to
Purchasing Bewilderment
Sell your cleverness and purchase bewilderment; Cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment intuition. — Rumi God is bipolar. Rev. Dr. J. Henry Jurgens, a practicing psychiatrist and doctor of divinity at Yale University Divinity School, has diagnosed God almighty as suffering from the disorder that afflicts
Philip Yancey: Amazed by Grace | Interview
I first heard of Philip Yancey when his book What’s So Amazing About Grace? came out in 1997. Even though many people whom I respected raved about the book, I was not interested in reading the book. Why would I? It was written by a man
Can You Pass God’s Love Test?
Jesus was busily turning the world of His day upside down. He hung with a “bad” crowd, did things that seemed to go against the Scriptures and often acted as though He was God. None of this endeared Him to the religious leaders of the