Jack, Our Beloved Son
My heart is so full as my arms wrap around my son, this child of my heart.
He is not of “my flesh and bone,” but by God’s unbelievable grace, He is now my very own.
I think of what Joseph, the adoptive daddy to Jesus, must have felt. Looking into those eyes, caressing His cheeks, and softening the midnight cries…
“How can this be?” he must have wondered.
And so do I.
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Engaging Unbelief: A Captivating Strategy from Augustine and Aquinas: BOOK REVIEW
Curtis Chang, seasoned campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Tufts, M.I.T., and Harvard, believes we face an “epochal challenge,” namely, common strategies for communicating the gospel of Christ are not effective in the postmodern era (p. 10, 38). A sea change has occurred. He writes, “…postmodernism threatens the church’s existing paradigms and harmony with the broader society. . . .
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Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling – BOOK REVIEW
The evils of the culture are often decried from the pulpit and among conservative commentators. “Our culture is going down the drain,” more than one concerned parent has quipped. As a pastor, I admit the moniker “culture” has been the proverbial whipping boy in various talks and sermons that have passed through my lips. Certainly, the cultural trends across North America appear to be veering further away from Christian morality and ethics. However, according to Andy Crouch in his landmark work, Culture Making, thinking of ‘culture’ as merely an idea or trend is highly myopic. . . .
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Weary.
How can we be filled with Christmas cheer when our eyes are welling up with tears?
Our hearts are aching from loved ones dying
Our minds are racing with COVID news recycling
Our bodies are breaking under the weight of societal dividing, cities rioting, and politicians lying . . .
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Dear Skeptic: Where is God when Evil is Winning?
A claim raised by many people today is that the amount and kind of evil we see in the world is very strong evidence against the existence of God. This argument has been brought before me in various ways, e.g. as a question from a believer, a skeptic’s counterpoint, and from the heart-cries of those suffering deep grief and loss. Such a hypothesis deserves a thorough response. . . .
