Today, we are witnessing one upheaval after another rattle our country and strain our ability to cope. There have been political eruptions, including an acrimonious impeachment trial, followed by a contested investigation of its origins. There has been a pandemic producing a public health crisis, the likes of which we haven’t seen in a century….
It’s, perhaps, obvious that no one can conduct a meaningful discussion about courtship and marriage, much less about divine redemption, without invoking the central definition of love. For believers, that love is defined by the standards set forth in Scripture. For unbelievers, it provides the only hope for a better life. As Oscar Wilde once…
When your family was preparing to visit a relative whose strict rules of the house were of major concern, did you ever hear your mother say to you as a child, something like, “Now, while we’re with Uncle Al and Aunt Betsy, I want you to be careful to mind your p’s and q’s ….
How do you think people around you would react if you received an emergency message that a loved one of yours had become gravely ill and was likely dying, and you responded with something like, “It’s best if I wait for a while before going to see him”? They would be very confused, wouldn’t they?…
Several years ago, I witnessed a parent in the corner of a family playroom, sitting on a three legged stool and lecturing his child about some misbehavior. All of a sudden, one of the legs broke under his weight, and he went tumbling backward, banging his head on a Lego structure sitting on the floor…
