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December 2025

December 25, 2025

The Problem of False Advertising by Christian Colleges

Over twenty years ago, I wrote an article titled The Scandal of Evangelical Dishonesty. The...

August 2025

August 11, 2025

The Showdown Moment in Western Civilization

I have the greatest admiration for Os Guinness, a brilliant author and social critic who’s...

December 2024

December 19, 2024

Our Sovereign King Reigns

I first shared this on my blog after the 2020 election. It’s as true now...

December 05, 2024

Some Biblically-Based Resources for News and Current Events

These days, we’re continually bombarded by “news” (which is sometimes more sensational than informative) that...

November 2024

November 07, 2024

Atheist or Christian, We All Choose Our Miracle

My book It’s All About Jesus includes this great quote from Glen Scrivener, a British minister and...

September 2024

September 26, 2024

God Knows What Suffering He’s Called Each of Us to Endure

Sufferers commonly ask, “Why me? Why not someone else? Why haven’t my friends lost a...

April 2024

April 15, 2024

Where Do Human Rights Come from?

A political commentator on MSNBC made the claim that if you believe human rights come from God,...

March 2024

March 21, 2024

Because There Is a Creator, There Are No Cosmic Coincidences

A friend who lives in Calico Rock, Arkansas wrote me, “Calico Rock has been preparing...

November 2023

November 23, 2023

The Dedication of the Nanci Alcorn Memorial Library

It was six years ago, but I remember like yesterday when Nanci and I traveled...

November 09, 2023

Andy Stanley, the Unconditional Conference, and Why We Cannot Be More Loving Than Jesus

I met Andy Stanley twenty years ago. I found him interesting and likeable. We had...

August 2023

August 07, 2023

The Image of God, Race, Ethnicity, and Future Nations on the New Earth

  A reader responded to a blog post we shared several years ago by one of our...

March 2023

March 18, 2023

Jesus Revolution: A Movie Worth Seeing and Sharing

A few years ago, my friend Greg Laurie (senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship), along...

January 2023

January 01, 2023

Kirk Cousins, Focus on the Family, and How God Uses Opposition to Spread the Truth

Kirk Cousins, quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, and former QB of the Washington Redskins, is a faithful...

September 2022

September 12, 2022

“What Was It Like, Grampy?” Obadiah Abernathy Tells Stories at Family Supper

As I’ve shared before, when I’m asked who my favorite character is from my novels,...

March 2022

March 03, 2022

Pray for the Precious People of Ukraine (and Russia), Traumatized by War

“When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules, people groan.”...

February 2022

February 14, 2022

The Beijing Olympics: Pray for the Persecuted in China

During the 2008 Summer Olympics, I wrote about the ethical concerns with Beijing hosting the...

January 2022

January 01, 2022

How Are We to Live in What Feel Like Unprecedented Times?

For many years I’ve observed Christians saying, “This is an utterly unique time in history”...

December 2021

December 09, 2021

The Racial Stereotypes That Hurt the Most: A Discussion between Two Friends

In this excerpt from my novel Dominion¸ two characters discuss racial stereotypes about black people. If you’d...

August 2021

August 02, 2021

Empathy and Understanding in a Conversation Between Clarence, a Black Man, and Ollie, a White Police Officer

The following excerpt from my novel Dominion is a fictional depiction of listening to good officers and...

February 2021

February 20, 2021

Black History Month: 20 Stories You Should Know

In honor of Black History Month, Christianity Today has a compilation of 20 stories that Christians should...

November 2020

November 16, 2020

Racism Can Be Seen in Our Low Expectations of Others

This video, with responses to the question, “Are voter ID laws racist and suppress the...

November 09, 2020

What’s Missin’ These Days: Obadiah Abernathy Reminisces

When I’m asked who my favorite character from all my novels is, I always say...

October 2020

October 01, 2020

Being Black Sometimes Means I’m Treated Differently: A Discussion on Race Between Two Friends

In this excerpt from my novel Dominion, the main character Clarence Abernathy, a black journalist, shares...

September 2020

September 21, 2020

Be Careful What You Put Your Hope in, Including Politics

Like many of you, I am not looking forward to all the political turmoil, including...

September 03, 2020

Good Police Officers Speak Out; Can We Afford to Lose Them?

Nanci and I were both born in Portland, Oregon. She was raised there, and I...

August 2020

August 27, 2020

The Slippery Slope of Euthanasia Continues in the Netherlands

Two and a half decades ago I joined others, including many physicians, in expending a...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

Being Black in a White Culture

In this excerpt from my novel Dominion, the main character Clarence reflects about life as a...

July 27, 2020

Black Lives Do Matter, But the BLM Organization Opposes Christian Values: So What Should We Do?

Before you start, realize that this blog is far longer than normal, about the length...

July 11, 2020

One Pastor’s Wife and Mom’s Heart Cry for Change When It Comes to Racism

Soon after the death of George Floyd, Kelsey Brown, a woman I know and deeply...

June 2020

June 11, 2020

Empathize with Good Cops in This Time of Rightly Calling out Bad Ones

I have posted previous blogs and articles on racial justice, including my last blog post, with an excerpt...

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