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July 2017

July 09, 2017

Against My Piece on The President in Poland

A good friend and historian was not pleased with my piece on the President's visit...

July 07, 2017

Sweet Water: Cold and Sweet

Dates are hard for me, but April 30, 1972, is easy to recall because I went...

July 06, 2017

The Problem of Animal Pain — Questions from M

Angels above us and animals beneath us, the planet Earth is full of souls, with...

July 05, 2017

How Love Covers a Multitude of Sins — Questions from M

Plato loved a good time. If he made a mistake in his writing, it was...

July 04, 2017

The Bible Isn’t About That — Questions from M

I once gave an entire talk on the nature of beauty. I finished and immediately...

July 03, 2017

Don’t Kill the Hitler Youth –Questions from M

Don't kill the Hitler Youth. Kids get raised in bad places, in evil times, and...

July 01, 2017

Is there an Iron Law for Christian Academic Institutions?

Want to keep your school on track? Thirty years of observation and reading have given...

June 2017

June 29, 2017

On Croquet and Subjective Morality — Questions from M

Croquet is the new craze at our house. Age and general ineptitude have made it...

June 27, 2017

The Bible and Slavery

Does the Bible Endorse Slavery? Two common historic types of slavery are slavery based on...

June 26, 2017

Beauty and the Existence of God

The existence of beauty suggests that God exists and that He is good. Beauty is...

June 25, 2017

All My Loves at 54 —Questions from M

After fifty-four years of life, I am convinced that beauty makes us wonder and wondering...

June 24, 2017

I Believe the Woman –Questions from M

Many of the most important events of my life cannot be proven by external...

June 22, 2017

I have met Tolkien’s Eagles . . . the ACCS

We have loved being in Pittsburgh, but we would have come even if the Conference...

June 21, 2017

Marriage Taught Me 31 Things in 31 Years

Marriage is a bloodless martyrdom, dying to self, the false self we have constructed so...

June 20, 2017

Therefore Let Us Keep the Feast –Questions from M

They tell me I do not wish to know how sausages are made. That is...

June 19, 2017

Why Seeing is not always Believing –Questions from M

"Show me God!" used to be a demand from the reality challenged. This is rather...

June 18, 2017

Fight Like a Gentleman: Wisdom from Dad

I hope I have learned more than one thing from my dad, but here is...

June 17, 2017

Who Were the New Testament Authors? Who Cares? –Questions from M

We are a culture that likes celebrities. Making art is one way to become a...

June 15, 2017

Does the Bible Contradict Itself? Who Cares? — Questions from M

Whenever I talk about the Bible, I am asked about the contradictions**. Aren't there lots of them? Maybe,...

June 14, 2017

How to Find God in Every Book—Questions from M

Once I had a customer return a computer to the store where I worked. She...

June 10, 2017

Why You Can Taste and Never Hunger Again –Questions from M

Beef jerky is a rare treat in our house. If we ask about this snack,...

June 07, 2017

Why did Jesus come then and not now? –Questions from M

Every year I dreamed of warning the last Russian Tsar of what was to come....

June 05, 2017

Follow the Truth, Best You Can– Questions from M

Faith is not believing a thing despite the evidence.

June 04, 2017

Confessor

He died as he lived and Father Michael Trigg lived as a confessor. From Oxford through...

May 2017

May 30, 2017

On Satan: Questions from M

Satan appears very little in the Hebrew Bible, yet he is all over the New...

May 29, 2017

Jesus is Not Headed to the Stars . . . Still- Questions from M

I have never asked the grinning bobcat why he grins, but Disney's Pocahontas suggested I...

May 21, 2017

Thank You to a True Pastor . . .

Let me tell you some good news. Isn't it time for some? If you have...

May 17, 2017

Questions from M: Jesus Sat Here. What the Heck?

If God is spirit, then how does Jesus sit at God's "right hand." God doesn't...

May 14, 2017

Unafraid of the Truth (On Mother’s Day)

The truth is fearful, but we must be unafraid of finding and following the truth. My...

May 13, 2017

The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid's Tale is one of those not very good books that many people think...