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March 2018

March 15, 2018

What a Secular Jesus Follower Has to Teach Us on Sexploitation: An Interview with Tom Krattenmaker

Tom Krattenmaker is an award-winning author and journalist. His most recent volume is titled Confessions of...

March 12, 2018

What Kan’t God and Jesus Do in Kant’s Philosophy? What Wouldn’t Jesus Do?

The history of faith and science is a tumultuous struggle on most accounts. Immanuel Kant’s...

March 08, 2018

Elevate—Don’t Exploit—Women and Girls.

The news outlets over the past several months and recent days have highlighted sexual exploitation...

March 05, 2018

The Christian Life: Is it a Grand Escape or a Great Engagement?

Some historical treatments of Christian theology present it as if it is a series of...

March 02, 2018

Hebrews—Enter God’s Rest. Don’t Put God to the Test.

One of my biggest spiritual problems is forgetting about what God has done for me...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

When All Else Fails, Blame the Puritans. Really? An Interview with Dr. Kenneth P. Minkema by Paul Louis Metzger

The following is an interview with Dr. Kenneth P. Minkema, Executive Editor of The Works...

February 21, 2018

Billy Graham: A Meditation on His Life and Legacy

The news spread rapidly today that Billy Graham was dead. Throughout the day, I pondered...

February 19, 2018

What Does the Future Hold? Who Holds the Future?

We live in uncertain times. I suppose that is always the case, but I believe...

February 16, 2018

Gun Access, Alienation and Human Dignity

Many of us have been watching and reading the haunting news reports coming out of...

February 14, 2018

Suffering Is Key to Missional Success

The morning devotions at the Overseas Ministries Study Center are always rich and impactful. A...

February 10, 2018

Giving Units, Or Those Given to Marital Union with Jesus Christ?

Pastors face a great deal of pressure in our day. We hear often of church...

February 04, 2018

Hebrews—Jesus Descends to the Depths to Take Us to the Heights. Take Hold in Faith and Rise!

Hebrews 1:4-2:4 compares Jesus and angels, and Jesus comes out on top. Just when you...

February 02, 2018

We in the West Need the World Church to Help Overcome Worldly Christianity

In our day, the church in the West, which has so often been a sending...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

Jesus Takes Damaged Goods and Makes Them Whole

Jesus is so good that he takes damaged goods and makes them whole.

January 23, 2018

Hebrews—Those Who Endure Extreme Suffering Need Supreme Worship to Enter God’s Rest.

Those who are subject to extreme suffering for their faith need a supreme object of...

January 22, 2018

God Does Not Discard Masterpieces. God Restores Them.

If and when I sketch something out on paper, and it doesn’t meet my meager...

January 18, 2018

Why Would Norwegians and Haitians Want to Immigrate to the U.S.? Why Would You?

Norway outscores the US as a country with a great quality of life. Refer here...

January 15, 2018

A Tribute to Dr. King: May He Always Live on in Our Hearts and Lives

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights movement do not reside in the...

January 14, 2018

Sin Is Such a Downer: It Keeps Us Falling Short of the Good Life.

I have always been struck by Mark’s account of Jesus and the rich young ruler....

January 12, 2018

Bonhoeffer at the End of Life: Bonhoeffer, Evangelicals and Pastor Mike Hayes.

The following is an interview with Pastor Mike Hayes. I first heard of Mike from...

January 09, 2018

The Christian Life Is Best Done on the Back Foot.

The Christian life is best done on the back foot, or with one leg tied...

January 05, 2018

At Epiphany and Beyond: What and Why You Worship ‘Manifests’ a Great Deal About You

At best, we settle for moralistic therapeutic deities whose daily performance are subject to our...

January 02, 2018

You Learn a Lot about Someone by Checking Their Calendar

You learn a great deal about someone from looking at their checkbook and calendar. You...

December 2017

December 30, 2017

What Stories Illumine Our Imaginations at Christmastide and Beyond?

What stories illumine our imaginations and shape our lives during Christmastide, the New Year, and...

December 25, 2017

Christmas Day Is Finally Here. But What’s the Big Deal?

The Advent Season is all about preparing for Jesus’ coming. A great deal of anticipation...

December 24, 2017

God’s Peace Defies Circumstances at Christmas Time and Throughout the Year.

There was not much peace at the time of Jesus' birth. After all, the "Pax...

December 23, 2017

Tax Relief or Just Plain Taxing? Go Figure How Empires Run.

We hear a lot these days about tax relief. Talk of taxes is often...

December 21, 2017

How Sacred Are Strangers to You? What the Bible Has to Say About the Strangers in Our Midst.

An Interview with Nancy Haught, Author of Sacred Strangers: What the Bible’s Outsiders Can Teach...

December 17, 2017

“Joy to the World!” But Why?

If I had been one of these shepherds, I might have been paralyzed by awe....

December 15, 2017

How Should We Live? With a Persecution Complex or in View of God’s Providential Care?

It is not always easy for Jesus' followers to discern during trying spiritual times if...

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