Cover up, please
It’s prom season and teenage girls in practically every county in the country are shopping for the perfect dress. But this year some will be turned away from their prom before ever setting… Continue reading
Monthly Archive: April, 2012
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Every voice has value
So now I’m a blogger with a forum of seemingly limitless potential to enlighten, encourage, and exegete, and all I can think about right now is how little I know. Sure, I have… Continue reading
Would Jesus call Bill Maher an ass?
Only if donkeys were taxis, I suppose. I don’t have to wonder if I would. I already have, numerous times. Now, notice I didn’t ask if Jesus would identify Bill Maher as an… Continue reading
Ask the Giver of life for this?
A California Planned Parenthood affiliate recently launched a “40 Days of Prayer” campaign which has raised some eyebrows among those who identify as pro-life, including mine. My brows went up and then they… Continue reading
A theory off-limits
In Tennessee today, folks are recalling the 1925 Scopes “monkey trial” that put their little town of Dayton on the map. But whereas then Mr. Scopes was accused of teaching evolution in his… Continue reading
Love, but punish justly
Does capital punishment fit within a Christian moral ethic? Is death a penalty a Christ follower can sanction? Or, as someone once put it, would Jesus throw the switch? Many Christians wrestle with… Continue reading
What is truth?
As a famous Roman governor once asked the unjustly accused miracle-worker, “What is truth?” Jesus might have chosen not to answer if Pilate had given him a chance to, but I suspect that… Continue reading
Oh, not another blogger
Who am I to think that anyone should pay attention to what I have to say? That’s the gnawing thought that overtakes me most every time I sit down to write. Well, I’m… Continue reading