Culture
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Daniel 3 focuses on Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. The test is still a good example for us in our days of “living in Babylon.” It is the allegiance test. Read more
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It’s been awhile since I’ve visited this topic in any form. I find myself reading through Daniel in my Daily Office reading and I am preparing a sermon on Daniel 2 now. The thoughts of this topic I began to truly dive into back in 2017-2018 are flooding back in. We’re still in a Babylon… Read more
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“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.”—Marcel Proust Here is the thing about pining for the “good ol’ days”: Read more
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Up until about 7-8 years ago I was eternal optimist. There were simple things I still believed in and could still hold in tension the flaws and blunders of life and people. That was almost squeezed out of me completely. And still, here we are in another election cycle that will probably prove to be… Read more
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Recently I heard a phrase: “The religious right has become the post-Christian right.” This is something that is possible beyond politics in America. James gives this warning: Read more
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It was in the late 1980s when I read some of Charles Colson’s books on the turning of American “spirituality” into what he called (along with others) “post-Christian” America. What I appreciated about Colson at the time was I didn’t get a sense of hand ringing, but a path to how we shall live as… Read more
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Esau McCaulley has some powerful words we should heed: I believe in the power of prayer. But the Christian response can’t be limited to it. That assumes that all activity on behalf of the innocent lies in the hands of the almighty when the Christian Scriptures themselves suggest that God will judge us according to… Read more
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I write all the time. Even when I process much more quickly using the computer, I still write. Those who know me best are familiar with my love for fountain pens and in the last few years I have put together a favorite collection I like to use on a regular basis. And I can’t… Read more
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