If you’ve had the time to meet and get to know fellow SBCCer Mostyn Gale, it may be totally his fault.  You see, Mostyn has a passion for clocks.  Yes, you read it correctly: clocks. … Read More

Having come home from a vacation in England two days ago, I write with a bit of jet lag tingling in my fingers.  Lisa and I were, as the Brits say, on holiday.  Why England?  … Read More

Last Friday a 22 year-old killed seven people in Isla Vista and injured another thirteen in a rage provoked by his failure to be accepted socially and sexually.  What can we, as believers, say to … Read More

Is God anti-gay? And other questions about homosexuality, the Bible and same-sex attraction by Sam Allberry  When we listen to much of today’s public discourse about homosexual preference and practice, we might conclude that the … Read More

First, a disclaimer: I have never been to heaven.  But I plan to go, very soon, and I expect heaven to be spectacular.  In heaven I will see the face of God.  And don’t expect … Read More

In 2007 the London Zoo had a special animal exhibit.  Eight humans—three men and five women—were placed in one of the areas normally reserved for bears.  The exhibit was made to look like the Garden … Read More

Like the Edsel or the pay phone, repentance seems to be a relic from our not-too-distant past.  Repentance was once a part of the call to conversion.  Preachers called for repentance with tears in their … Read More

Have you noticed?  2014 is upon us and it is time for a few resolutions.  Have you resolved to read a good book or two in the coming year?  I hope so.  Reading is something … Read More

By the time you read this, C. S. Lewis will have been dead fifty years, and I’m sure he’s glad he’ll miss Christmas.  It was November 22, 1963, when the Cambridge professor went the way … Read More

How different my dog was from Jesus! Some years ago we had a black Labrador Retriever who was as good natured as a dog can be.  But Zion (named for the national park, not for … Read More