The recent portrayal of the Last Supper with drag queens at the Paris Olympics highlights a broader cultural shift that challenges traditional Christian values. This trend reflects a form of tolerance that, while initially promoting diversity and understanding, has...
Your reputation is what others think of you, while character is what you really are. Your character is revealed, of course, by what you do, either negatively or positively, but Ralph Waldo Emerson used to believe that, more accurately, your character is defined by...
I am come that you might have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10 In Jack Kerouac's book, On The Road, one character turns to the other and says, "We gotta go and never stop going till we get there." "Where we going, Man?" asks the other. "I don't know but we...
There is something that I find lacking in the body of Christ. Very few Christians seek this missing thing, yet it may be the one fruit of the Spirit that actually holds your life together. Without it, you will never become a fraction of what God has determined for you...
It can fairly be said that in the history of Christendom, never has so much been owed to one man as is owed to a pugnacious, argumentative preacher by the name of Athanasius. You probably know several individuals who would fit that description. Frankly, if Athanasius...
The past is an influential teacher, offering lessons that can shape our present and future. However, not all past experiences are beneficial. If our past does not bring happiness to our lives, propel us forward, contribute constructively, or foster growth, it's time...
Take a map and trace the three journeys of the Apostle Paul throughout the Middle East. You will quickly acknowledge, considering how difficult travel was in the first century, that covering the distances he did was no small feat. On his third journey, from somewhere...
I recently saw a picture of a teenager sitting on the floor, in the dark, with his computer in front of him and a face that only displayed despair. I forget the title of the article, but it was about a generation without a purpose. Purpose means: "doing something that...
Who hasn't tried to cover up a mistake? A woman once reached for her favorite teapot to prepare some tea. But was she ever surprised, when the teapot fell to pieces in her hand! The person who had last handled it had obviously dropped it, but carefully arranged all...
On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko, a former lieutenant colonel of Russia’s Federal Security Service, suddenly fell ill and was hospitalized. Three weeks later, he was dead, a victim of a toxic substance identified as polonium-210, a radioisotope that caused a...