Back in the late 1960’s and early 70’s, during my very impressionable years, evangelicalism was obsessed with the subject of the end times. Books like Hal Lindsey’s, “The Late, Great Planet Earth,” launched an entire genre of books that flew off the bookshelves. The New York Times called Lindsey’s book, the “#1 non-fiction bestseller … [Read more…]

You’ve instructed your teen, “You can have the car, but be home by 11.” 11 comes and no teen. You’re worried sick. You’re late paying the mortgage – again – and the bank sends a final notice with a foreclosure date. You’re worried sick. Just last week, my wife gave a whole new meaning to … [Read more…]

Whenever there are five Sundays in a month, we celebrate our Lord in a different fashion. Instead of the usual order of service that includes a 30-minute sermon, our Praise Band leads us through several contemporary songs that are interspersed with prayers of thanksgiving and praise “from the floor.” Our P&P service always proves to be a … [Read more…]

In 1988, the world-renowned Theoretical Physicist, Stephen Hawking, wrote his monumental treatise that made the London Sunday Times Bestseller list for a record 237 weeks. It has been translated into some 40 languages and has sold about one copy for every 750 people on the planet. The name of the book? “A Brief History of … [Read more…]

Back in the fall of 1971, when my parents deposited me on the campus of East Stroudsburg State College, I had a decision to make. I was 17, and for the first time in my life, was basically on my own. Would I sustain the Christian beliefs my parents had imparted to me? Or, would … [Read more…]