According to a recent study by “Pew Research,” the average American reads four books per year. This statistic finds me pretty – average. Now of course, this research encompassed books of every genre, everything from fiction to non-fiction, from sci-fi to self-help, from mysteries to biographies, and from romance to religion. But more important than … [Read more…]
To say that my wife remains less than enamored with football is a gross understatement. To her, this favorite American pastime is but a melee of grown men (notice, she doesn’t say mature men), adorned in colorful leotards and oversized hard hats, attacking the weirdest shaped ball she’s ever seen. She insists there is neither … [Read more…]
Some of you who are reading this hail from churches where the Bible is revered more as an historical treasure than the inspired Word of God; meaning that your church doesn’t believe the Bible is anything more than the product of spiritually revved-up men as opposed to the Product of the Omniscient God Who transferred … [Read more…]
When I was a kid, one of those many Christian clichés often rang out at Bible studies and spiritual dialogues: “God said it. I believe it. That settles it.” Well, this rather bold assertion lives or dies on whether or not the source of God’s Voice is reliable. Our church banks on the presumption that … [Read more…]
At the heart of the Christian Faith is this cardinal tenet that a man named Jesus was conceived apart from the laws of biology and performed a slew of supernatural works; like treading on very thin ice – water actually – and raising dead people to life. Yet though he was a very good … [Read more…]
