If your theology makes you mean, it's probably not your theology. You might be a jerk. If your politics make you mean, it's probably not your politics. You might be a jerk. Here's the thing, don't be a jerk. I posted this on Facebook and read the comments with a mild sense of curiosity. It was about the same for…...
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). ⊕ C.S. Lewis on Why All (Most) Dogs Go to…...
Read MoreI was doing my old man work out earlier today, rocking out on an elliptical, when I noticed the message on the back of the shirt of the dude in front of me. It read, "This World is Temporary." There was a time when I would agree with that sentiment, but anymore I see it as a product of poor…...
Read MoreFinding 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…...
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