You might find this surprising, but the greetings that begin Ephesians help us to think about the birth of the church in Ephesus, about church planting today, and even about our individual conversions. Here are those verses: “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God. To the saints who are in Ephesus, […]

The triangle is considered the strongest geometric shape. This is because it evenly distributes weight across all three sides, providing stability and the ability to withstand heavy loads without collapsing. This unique property makes triangles essential in designing and building various structures, such as bridges and buildings—and marriages. In this four-part series I will explain […]

An old friend invited me years ago to attend an Institute for Creation Research (ICR) field event at the Grand Canyon. One highlight of the trip was hiking into the canyon with an ICR scientist who interpreted what we saw from the perspective of a catastrophic flood. We hiked about a mile down the Bright […]

Are Jesus’ bones buried somewhere in Israel? Does it really matter? If archeologists definitely demonstrated that they had found the bodily remains of Jesus, what difference would that make? In 1 Corinthians 15, the Apostle Paul was responding to some people who were denying that there will be a bodily resurrection of the dead in […]

If you read a biography about John and Betty Stam, you will be impressed with their enthusiasm for Christ before they were ever on the mission field (serving with China Inland Mission [CIM]). They met at a CIM prayer meeting while students at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and eventually really liked each other. However, […]

More evangelicals skip church meetings than attend them. That’s a fact . . . an embarrassing one. One leader claims even the FBI could not find many of them. Some churches have decided to take action to recover the inactive only to find that their church rolls were filled with people who never intend to […]

And these will go away into eternal punishment (Matt 25:43a).  Jonathan Edwards (1703 – 1758) believed in the eternity and torment of hell. [1] “What is there in this world, which is not a trifle, and lighter than vanity, in comparison with . . .  enduring eternal torment?” “How can men be so careless of […]

I queried an older man who had become a dear friend with a pointedly stark question: what is your purpose in life? He is advanced in years. He ought to know by now. The question struck home, and he teared up trying to answer it.  He failed. He had nothing much to say. And he […]

“Just as sure as sparks fly upward, likewise man is born for trouble” (Job 5:7). All of us are either coming out of a trial, in the midst of a trial, or will soon be going into a trial. When suffering comes, where will we find the strength to endure without sinning? More than that, […]