On the first anniversary of the resurrection of Christ, what kind of celebration took place? Was it dutifully noted as a special day? Perhaps the fervor of the early followers had not yet waned, and so they simply paused for a moment to remember that a year had passed since their lives were transformed by…
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Sometimes I think I can’t hang on. Dear life, you’ve been coming on fast lately. We’ll not so much lately as…always. Only right now it seems faster. But that’s okay. God put me in a particular place at a particular time and you are the life I got. I know I did some things—right or…
If you haven’t noticed, the world has gotten stranger lately. I can’t be accused of trying to hold on to normalcy since I wrote a weird story about a futuristic man. If you want to become a human like the one I wrote about, just hold on a few years and you might get the…
The title here is not original. I’m currently reading A.W. Tozer’s The Knowledge of the Holy, and this phrase from chapter five struck me. Preceding Tozer’s proclamation that we all sit on a stolen throne, he surmises this position is perfectly natural to us when he writes: Sin has many manifestations but its essence is…
As a writer who enjoys the stranger side of fiction, I’m always interested in the latest developments from the minds of our most prominent thinkers. These are the leaders in science who, I assume, have the best interests of the human race in mind. In my novel,Wake the Dead, I take an average guy and…
In 1848, a small gathering of both women and men formulated a plan. The righteous endeavor called for the fair treatment of half the population of the United States. What we now take for granted was initiated with a document patterned after our Declaration of Independence. It was called the Declaration of Sentiments. So began…
Inauguration Day 2017 brings a new president to deliver a speech to the American people. The words will be scrutinized, analyzed, accepted or denied as relevant and proper for the time. The message will carry hope for some and discouragement for others. This marks the fifty-eighth speech by a newly elected or re-elected president. Here’s…
In the past couple of years I’ve written several posts relating to the Gospel. The first was The Actual Gospel, which referred to “what American seekers of all things Godly are apt to find, or not find, when they walk into a church.” Soon after, I wrote about The Wavering Severity of the Gospel, in…
For years people have proclaimed Jesus is the reason for the season. Meaning that He is the reason for Christmas. Of course, not everybody meditates on the Christ child while celebrating the chaos they gleefully dive into once a year. Some don’t give a thought to the ancient tale of the baby born of a…
We all know it probably didn’t happen in December. The manger scenes we display on our tables or in our yards may not be an exact representation of the real thing. Our Christmas is more culture than conviction. While we’re shopping, baking, decorating, and even while we’re singing out with joy, we do well to…