If God made the world good, why do we face so many problems here on earth? People are confronted daily with news of senseless acts of violence, natural disasters, outbreaks of disease, and unfathomable injustices against humanity. It just doesn’t seem to make sense that a...
Category: Life
After a hard day’s work, or one of those really long weeks, I like to turn on the TV to unwind and just stop thinking. Television seems like the best place to go when someone wants to turn off the brain. Well, think again. TV shows...
Struggling against sin seems like an uphill battle. We take a step forward only to take two back. We struggle with the same sins over and over. Sometimes believers think they can either fully remove the battle of sin from their lives, or they think there...
People often ask each other, “So, what are you up to these days?” “How’s life?” or “What are you doing with yourself these days?” We know we are supposed to do something with the lives we have been given, but we’re not exactly sure what that something...
What do habits have to do with hearing God? Actually, a lot. Habits can be good or bad, distracting or uplifting. They can bring us closer to God and others, or drive us farther away. Their importance is often misunderstood, and we can become easily susceptible...
Have you ever felt like God turned his back on you because of your sin? Our failures, especially when they’re repeated, can leave us in a place of confusion. After we sin, we can begin to feel as if the light of God’s grace is...
When my firstborn son was only eight months old, we often had deep theological conversations. Here’s how one of them went: Me: “Calvin, look at daddy.” Calvin: [no response] Me: “Calvin, Calvin, hey Calvin, look at me.” Calvin: [turns his head even further to the right, away from me]...
We are often told to look into our hearts and to follow our dreams in order to find happiness and peace, meaning and fulfillment. And yet, the truth could not be further from this idea. It is not that Christianity is against happiness but that...
I’m one of a hundred million Star Wars fans out there, but there are a few things we all can learn from this epic saga. The first thing to learn, though, is what not to do. One of my favorite characters, Obi-Wan Kenobi, tells Luke Skywalker something...
Our idols don’t look like the gods of the Parthenon or stand on the corners of the street. Yet, they stare at us as we browse Amazon or go shopping on Black Friday. We all stand under the shadow of their gaze. One of the...