4 Steps to Passing Your Faith on to Your Children
Deuteronomy 6 As the people of Israel prepared to finish their wandering and enter the land of Canaan, Moses gathered them to give the Law again and give promises and warnings for what would happen...
View ArticleThe Right Way and the Wrong Way to Worship
Most of us have felt the feeling when we are tired, concerned, or stressed that, while we may be present “physically,” we are not there mentally. I suspect most of us have even said something in the...
View ArticleWhat Young People Need to Know About Pornography Addiction
He couldn’t have been much more than 12 years old. As I hurriedly rounded the grocery store aisle, my unobstructed line of sight gave me a view of the publication open in his hand: a page of bikini...
View ArticleHow to Overcome “That One Sin”
Our society has drastically changed over the last fifty years. For the critic of this statement, I challenge them to review the statics on sexual deviance. Regardless of personal “feelings,” I believe...
View ArticleSitting Beside the Enemy
This article is an excerpt from the 10th anniversary issue of Think magazine. For more information, or to subscribe, click here. Traveling most weekends for Christian evidence seminars means I...
View ArticleThe Future of the Church
Late in 2015, the 30th anniversary of the “Back to the Future” film series was celebrated, as we took the chance to discuss the differences between 1985, the 2015 they predicted, and the world as it is...
View ArticleThe Importance of Being a Father
The God of the Bible wants humankind to have healthy families. Heterosexual, intact, biblically based families are the best. Husbands and wives who are scripturally married should raise children rooted...
View ArticleWhy don’t we talk about fasting?
It has been said on more than one occasion that members of the church cannot get together without eating. In fact, some of my own seminars have been graded on the number of pounds I gained: “Well, that...
View ArticleHow Jesus proved that “religion” isn’t a bad word
In a speech made on Christmas Eve in 1945, President Harry S Truman remarked that he did “not believe there is one problem in this country or in the world today which could not be settled if approached...
View ArticleHow Christians Should Respond to Islam
Christians must not fear Muslims. The command “do not fear” or “do not be afraid” is found frequently in the Scriptures (Matthew 10:28-31). Fear is the antithesis of faith. We see examples where fear...
View Article6 Popular False Beliefs About Christianity
One of the most popular names that we think of regarding Protestantism and Christianity in the 16th century is Martin Luther. One thing for which Luther was known is the concept of adiaphora, from the...
View ArticleWhy It’s Never Okay to Leave the Church
In the past decade parents have shared countless stories of their children leaving the faith—so many that they have begun to blur together in my mind. There is the woman whose daughter dated a young...
View Article3 Marriage Warning Signs You Need to Know
In Matthew 7:24-27 Jesus tells a story of two builders. Both construction projects encounter identical weather patterns. The storms, if you will, caused rain to descend, floods to come, winds to blow...
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