Finding Nemo taught us that all drains lead to the ocean. Maybe that was a metaphor for what happens to our goldfish when they die and receive their watery burial, but what about our other pets? Are they merely matter in motion, or is there something about them that lives on? Might we see them again? C.S. Lewis thought so.…...
Read MoreHere's Your Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:30AM (EST). ⊕ A Christian Way of Living from a Second Century…...
Read MoreThe Protestant Reformer Martin Luther once wrote that God does not need our good works. He went on to say that is our neighbors, the people we see and pass by every day, who are the ones who need our good works. How right Luther was. As you think about a new year, you might be thinking about things you…...
Read MoreThe recent hit song "Believe" by Brooks and Dunn featuring Jelly Roll offers a good summary of where a lot people are today. The song centers around an old man named Wrigley who lost his wife and baby while he was away serving in the war. The chorus of the song comes from the man's response to the question, "How…...
Read MoreChristian author John Dickson posted this on social media recently and it caught my eye. He shared a passage from a second-century Christian named Mathetes which means disciple. Mathetes wrote to another Christian named Diognetus who came from a Gentile background and is thought by some to have been a tutor of Marcus Aurelius. Mathetes discusses the way Christians were…...
Read MoreHere's Your Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:30AM (EST). ⊕ The Arrow and the Song ⊕ Don't Judge New…...
Read MoreIt's not a crisis, it's an opportunity. A friend shared those words with me when discussing what many experience as a mid-life crisis. "It's not a crisis, it's an opportunity," they said. Sometimes the difference between the two is that simple, isn't it? It's a change of attitude that changes a lot. It starts by changing us. What if going…...
Read MoreIn the midst of Job's suffering he lamented "anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty" (Job 6:14). If anyone knew the sting of abandonment from surprisingly-neglectful friends, Job did. You might know how that feels too. The poet Henry Wordsworth Longfellow's poem "The Arrow and the Song" captures the power and beauty of time-tested…...
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