Theology, opinion, fiction, and the occasional limerick.
There is currently a trend on social media where women ask their husbands or boyfriends how many times they think about the Roman Empire, and are amazed when the answer is “often”. Some of them admit to entertaining such thoughts on a daily basis. Here’s a compilation: Time for some full disclosure: My lovely…
Two news items caught my interest over the last week. At the face of it, they are not related. But as we progress in this short article, the connection will become very clear. The first involves the heartbreaking case of a young mother who was pursued by the police for allegedly shoplifting. In the course…
Author’s note: I published this article on my Facebook page shortly after the documentary “Shiny, Happy People” came out. The reaction was overwhelmingly positive, so I decided to repost it here. I’ve made only a few minor changes from the original. For years I have studiously avoided writing about Bill Gothard and my involvement in…
Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and…
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up. As I write this, Pride Month, 2023 has just wrapped up, and as Pride Months go, it has been particularly spectacular. It began with…
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. If you are any kind of Civil War buff at all, you are aware of the controversy surrounding Confederate General J.E.B Stuart’s fateful ride around the Union Army at Gettysburg. Whether you tend to sympathize with the South or (like me) the…
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? In a conversation about the…
You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. Back in the early days of this study I told the story of a toy firetruck I received for Christmas as a very small child. However, there was an aspect of that story that I didn’t share…
You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. This second verse of chapter four continues on the theme of conflict among the brethren that James began in the previous verse. But before we dive into that,…
In our first article in this series, I shared some of my own journey in the biblical languages, and included some resources that have helped me along the way. The second article focused on the personal and ministerial benefits of studying Greek and Hebrew. To conclude this series, I want to share how I have…