"Maybe at this point you think I’m being too tough on people who fake it. Perhaps you think that Jesus wouldn’t feel this way. If you believe that is true, then I would ask you to reconsider the New Testament, particularly the conversations Jesus had with religious leaders of the ...

My story illustrates the symptoms. I was born into a “Christian” family. We believed in God and attended church when convenient— and always on Christmas or Easter. And when we did attend, it was always boring.    Groeschel, Craig; Groeschel, Craig. The Christian Atheist: When You Believe in God But ...

How many times do we read about a Christian who is faced with a loved one's beliefs that come in conflict with their own? Lots of people won't like what I have to say here.   But it needs to be said, because sometimes the things we least want to hear ...

"Success is defined by risks taken and overcome."      from "Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk" by Ben Carson M.D., Gregg Lewis How about this for some overcoming - Rev 2:7 ... To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from ...

"I think of the change Jesus brought to the world around hope when I think about two tombstones. One of them marks the resting place of Mel Blanc, the famous voice of countless characters in Looney Tunes cartoons. In accordance with his instructions, his family inscribed as his final epitaph ...

"Emily Jackson. A girl who was easy to miss. He’d seen what happened whenever she entered the cafeteria and sat at a table. Suddenly, the other kids who were already there would remember something else they needed to do and would get up one at a time and leave. Or ...

"It felt a little weird coming to a church. He and his dad had only attended church twice since his mom left them six months ago—once for Easter and then the week after, as if they were about to start a new habit but never quite got enough momentum to ...

It will happen again. Why?  Because we insist on freedom from religion.  Freedom from God. What is it? It's Orlando - the mass killing - the child killed by an alligator. It's Sandy Hook - more mass killings. It's your neighbor - beaten up by her husband / boyfriend / ...

Look at the candidates we have running for president of the U.S. today. Do we need either of them? Do we deserve both of them? I wrote on this topic about a year and a half ago.  The original is here ...

The problem of killing infidels. 45 times the Qur'an says Allah (Allah / God) is oft-forgiving. How then can one justify killing anyone who is thought to be an infidel? Who is to say that God won't forgive them? For instance - Sura 3:31 Say (O Muhammad to mankind): "If ...