He was born poor but lived so others could become rich.  He was born in anonymity and died famous throughout the world.  William Carey, whose 250th birthday was just last month, was the son of … Read More

The setting is the plains of Moab within easy eyesight of the Promised Land.  And the people are tired of wandering.  Moses has been their leader for over forty years, but he won’t be crossing … Read More

Hell has been getting some bad press lately, and we need to know that the gates of heaven won’t prevail against it. As you may or may not know, Rob Bell, pastor of Mars Hill … Read More

On March 11th, a 9.0 earthquake shook the Earth near Japan.  This was the world’s fifth strongest earthquake since 1900, and it moved the island of Hoshnu eight feet east!  The ferocity of the quake … Read More

Have you noticed how difficult it is for us moderns to utter the word death?  It seems we will substitute just about any euphemistic word or phrase before we speak this epithet that insults our … Read More

Twenty-five years ago, Neil Postman wrote Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, a short book about what television is doing to us.  In short, this professor of communication arts … Read More

So why would my true love want two turtledoves and three French hens?  Are French hens better than English or American hens?  And how long will the eight maids-a-milking milk?  And if my true love … Read More

It was preacher and bishop of Liverpool, J.C. Ryle (1816-1900), who challenged the lackadaisical, half-hearted, lukewarm churchgoers of his time against slouching into hell from the pews of their church buildings.  In his book Holiness … Read More

I wonder if you have ever thought about Jesus as a husband crazy in love with his bride.  You know the type. The groom who cries at his wedding. The doting newlywed who leaves a … Read More

I’m writing this on June 23rd, the half-century anniversary of the birth control pill.  The pill, as it soon came to be called, shifted the world on its axis.  Life in the developed world would … Read More