Christianity

  • More Than Conquerors

    C.S. Lewis wrote a letter on May 14, 1954 to Sheldon Vanauken who sought help in counseling students with questions about Christianity and homosexuality.  Vanauken shared Lewis’ response (as well as 17 other letters from C.S.) in his book A… Continue reading

  • Reaping the Whirlwind

    Can anything good come out of California?  Well, if I didn’t have a beloved aunt and uncle and other extended family living there I’d have to say no.  Even so, a Lot-like escape for them (with all remaining salt-free) would… Continue reading

  • Honor

    Well, here we are… the bridge between July and August has come.  While growing up, this always meant a celebration. You see, July 31st is my mom’s birthday (1942-2004) and the 1st of August is my dad’s birthday (1940). In… Continue reading

  • Who Am I? Part II

    Amidst political correctness and national worship of the god Tolerance (who desires all men to know him by the name “Acceptance”), how is the Christian parent to guide the little ones at their knees?  As Dana has said, in these… Continue reading

  • Forget Not All His Benefits

    Have you ever passed or seen a nearby police car and in that moment you look down to see that you’ve been riding the gas peddle more heavily than you ought?  Then on the same trip, your path crosses another… Continue reading

  • Four on God’s Sovereignty in All Things

    (1)  Colossians 1:15-19 [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.  For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things… Continue reading

  • Beggar or Child?

    Pastor Alistair Begg invites all who will, to come to Christ, but he gives this warning:  Those who would come to Christ must come to him as beggars, begging for a crust of bread.  Of course, this is the difficulty… Continue reading

  • What Prayer Is Not

    “Giving God good advice and abusing the devil isn’t praying.” ~L.M. Montgomery Continue reading

  • And Can it Be?

    And can it be that I should gain an interest in the Savior’s blood? Died He for me? who caused his pain! For me? who him to death pursued? Amazing love! How can it be that thou, my God, shoulds’t… Continue reading

  • Where is God? Part II

    Pastor John Piper has asked, “Where was God when so many good things happened this past year?  How can God be a God of justice, yet allow so much good to happen to people who dishonor him by disbelieving in… Continue reading