Christian Social Justice – Beware of Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
Everywhere we look today there are cries for social justice. And it’s not just those on the political left that cry out. Many well intentioned believers are crying out too. They see injustices committed against the oppressed, disadvantaged, minorities, and...
Meet David Berkowitz, Formerly Known as the Son of Sam, Now the Son of Hope
David Berkowitz is known in the media as the Son of Sam and also the 44-Caliber Killer. But for the last 33 years, Brother David has lived his life in prison as the Son of Hope. I reached out to David this spring in the hope that he would share his amazing journey of...
Humanity and COVID-19
Man has always made his own gods to justify sin. Just when I thought that gender identity had become the greatest self-justifying god in man’s pantheon of gods, it has become apparent that the god of global safety has superseded that deity. Perhaps gender...
The Lion of God and COVID-19
Reflections on a birth and a death
Got a Plastic Jesus?
“I don’t care if it rains or freezes, as long as I’ve got my plastic Jesus, sittin’ on the dashboard of my car.” That’s the opening line of the 1962 song by the Goldcoast Singers I heard on the car radio one day driving to a university class. I still remember...
The Great Conductor Calls Us to Ride His Train, and the Ticket Is Repentance
In the film “Rebel Without a Cause,” the gang leader character, Buzz, tells Jim Stark, James Dean’s character, “We’ve got to do something,” before they started their “chickie run.” What something must the Church do now in the face of the new “morality?”
Searching for True Eros? It’s Not Here…
Those who engage in sexual immorality are well aware in their souls of the insipid nature of their behavior and that it can never fulfill erotic yearnings. Like a dog whistle in their ears, it shrieks, “This ain’t it stupid.”
What’s Missing From the Abortion Debate? Purity
Many have protested abortion over the years. But how many have protested sexual immorality? Why has the church virtually conceded defeat in upholding the sanctity of the very act which God uses to create a people for Himself?
Pride Happens, Just Like Something Else
Even in their external out-workings of faith – in giving, in corporate prayer and church work – believers are not immune from pride. God’s people need to take care that external displays of faith are truly born of the love given by God.