It is in personal love that universal love finds its most true expression. Many have heard Christ’s demand that His followers “leave… father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters” (Luke 14) and thought that Christianity is therefore a religion in…
Genesis 12:1-12:9 The Call of Abraham Last week, I attended the Biologos conference (their website, biologos.org has been regularly referred to thus far). I’m sworn to online secrecy about the exact participants there, but two of my heros had an…
The Work of Prayer In a matter of days, Boston’s spirit was ripped apart. Our inboxes exploded in panic while red and blue sirens lacerated the night. Streets trembled in a menacing silence and our worst fears were continuously…
This past week undoubtedly has been a very difficult one. I would not exaggerate to say that it has been one of the most difficult weeks of my life, and I think many Americans and those who have cried and…
UPDATE as of 12:30 AM April 20: A few hours ago, Dzhokhar was taken into custody! He is now in serious condition in a nearby hospital. We have much to be thankful for: the hard work put…
Tragedy struck Boston today. And it is very, very hard to understand why. That is what is so terrifying. Whose heart did not cry out “Why?” when they thought of the unsuspecting mothers and friends and children of the victims?…
Whether and how Christians ought to participate in politics are delicate questions. The common belief that Christians are primarily of the Kingdom of God and should always be on mission for the salvation of souls clashes with a desire…
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Once, Time was aging the wrinkles the layers of life overlapping. Once, Time was trapped in a constantly moving (forward or backward) ticking of clock. Once, Time was a solution to heart’s ills and scorching memories new skin over scar….
Genesis 11:1-11:8 Babel So I’m giving up. After my article was published on Christianity Today, I’ve gotten dozens of emails that seem to need more urgent responses than this series needed to get written. With that in mind, I’m going…
We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the twentieth century does not reckon with. But we are “harmless,” and therefore unharmed. We are spiritual pacifists, non-militants, conscientious objectors in this battle-to-the-death with…
God is not incomprehensible; rather, we are uncomprehending. When we say “God is mysterious,” we are not talking about God but about ourselves. We must be very, very clear on this. God is not somehow intrinsically unknowable. If we wanted…
A non-believer might pose the question: if God were reasonable and all-loving, and He was a God that had a genuine sense of attachment to his creations, would he not make it so that every “reasonable” person believed in him?…
