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December 20, 2024

Reflecting On The Two Greatest Christmas Songs

I am not saying with this article that there are only two great Christmas songs....

November 2023

November 10, 2023

Theological Reflections on Vacation

I recently was blessed with the opportunity to get away from daily life and spend...

October 2023

October 02, 2023

Do we really know God? Can we?

Many Christians today are disillusioned by their efforts to know God. Many may wonder if...

September 2023

September 25, 2023

Pulled through Fire: How I Almost Died but Jesus Rescued Me

I never acted out much when I was a kid. I never smoked, drank, or...

August 2023

August 30, 2023

Why They Want to Kill My Friend

At a church in Southern California, not far from the U.S.-Mexico border, two Middle Eastern...

April 2023

April 05, 2023

This Easter, Choose Resurrection Life Over The Culture of Death

As we enter into Easter week, my exhortation to all who read these words is...

September 2022

September 30, 2022

Recovering From a Heart Attack (Conclusion): Giving Thanks & What Will Change?

This is the final post in a series about my recent heart attack and quadruple...

September 26, 2022

Recovering From a Heart Attack (Part 4): Experiencing God & The Fellowship of Christ’s Sufferings

In this series, I am recounting the work of God in my own life. This...

September 23, 2022

Recovering From A Heart Attack (Part 3): The Mercy of God & Demons Next Door

It has often been said that the greatest apologetic for the truth of the Christian...

September 16, 2022

Recovering From A Heart Attack (Part 1): When God Takes You On A “Detour”

A note to my readers: This next series will cover some personal ground. In my...

September 12, 2022

What Should Christians Study?: Part 4 – Spiritual Formation

One fundamental element of Christian discipleship is the pursuit of sacred knowledge. We might say...

August 2022

August 19, 2022

Why It’s Good To Be Unappreciated

Never and nowhere has it been claimed that living an authentically Christian life will lead...

December 2021

December 10, 2021

To Have The Faith of A Child: A Christmas Meditation

In most of my articles on Patheos, I intend to present what I believe are...

September 2021

September 13, 2021

Eros, Agape and Why We Cannot Love Well

In an incisive, albeit slightly esoteric, essay entitled "The Schizoid Christ," theologian Graham Ward criticizes...

July 2021

July 16, 2021

Living a Life of Grievance Can Lead to A Very Scary Death

I have not seen much death in my life. A few dead bodies in Afghanistan...

July 12, 2021

Having WAY Too Much Stuff and What To Do About It

There is an excellent scene at the very end of the academy-award winning war film,...