Does this ever happen to you? A song or a conversation brings back a painfully vivid memory. I relive a moment from the past when I did something incredibly selfish or cruel or self-destructive. It’s so real that I literally wince. I wonder how I could have been so foolish or stupid or evil! Of … More The Dark Web & the Red Pill
Here’s what I’ve noticed. The hardest thing to believe about the Bible is not the miracles or even the existence of Hell. Sure, some people stumble on those ideas. But there’s one core idea that even most church people can’t accept: how dreadfully evil all of us really are. This explains, among other things, the … More The Church @ Margaritaville
The biggest roadblock to Jesus is some of the people who say they love him. That’s not a slam or an opinion: just a fact. Investigating the Christian faith is always mysterious (John 3:8,) but it can become unbearably difficult when I encounter church people who seem just as conflicted and unkind as my irreligious … More Why Church People Flounder
I don’t have to prod myself to remember that God is loving, but it’s essential to remind myself daily that God is holy. Everything about me wants a loving God, even my sin nature. (Especially my sin nature!) But it’s because God is holy that his love is not emotional or predictable. Holy is why … More The Deep Magic
Can the Bible help you predict the future? Maybe once in a while. But more importantly, God’s amazing book will equip you to face the questions of the future with accuracy and confidence. A few examples: How Did the ‘Indians’ Get to America? When Columbus reached the New World in 1492, most people were not … More Signz & Wonderz
Moral superiority is not a virtue, at least not in the church. It’s an ugly attitude, uglier still when it’s used as a weapon to destroy fellow human beings. Roman pagans killed first century saints for getting the wrong religion. Nazis did it to European Jews for getting the wrong DNA. Klan members did it … More He’s Guilty: #MeToo
A haunting protest song from 1993 has returned to popular playlists in 2018. The lyrics of Zombie mourn the cruel, irrational things people do to one another, and ask, “What’s in your head? What’s in your head?”1 It’s not the conditions of a decaying world that motivate the rage, havoc and destruction we inflict … More In Your Head
