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Christmas in the Aftermath of Loss Dec. 27, 2018
Christmas is a glorious time of year for most families. It is a time of visits and reconnecting with... Read More
Happy Almost New Year Dec. 27, 2018
Christmas is a special time in our family. Our daughter Maggie loves decorating the tree, and her br... Read More
An Evidence-Based Faith Dec. 21, 2018
"Eighty and six years I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong," said Polycarp, the bishop of ... Read More
This Advent, Let Your Presence Be Your Present Dec. 20, 2018
Advent is a time of expectation and preparation for the celebration of Christ's birth. While much Ch... Read More
The Authenticity of the Virgin Birth Dec. 14, 2018
F. F. Bruce is one of those scholars I have had to spend a lot of time reading in seminary. He resea... Read More
Family Time at Christmas Dec. 07, 2018
In our hyper-partisan age, it seems every newspaper and magazine writes columns on dealing with craz... Read More
A Dreadful Time for Some Nov. 30, 2018
Set your oven to 375 F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Cream together 3/4 cup of shorteni... Read More
Good Folks Peppered With Salty Language Nov. 28, 2018
Q. Why do we call virtuous people "the salt of the earth?" — John S., West Hartford, Connectic... Read More
Hope for the Dead Mar. 29, 2018
What is the connection between personal freedom and rising from the dead? When America was in its in... Read More
The Power of Small Dec. 28, 2017
Back when I decided to major in English in college, I had a hard and fast rule: no courses featuring... Read More
A Celebration of Life Dec. 22, 2017
People often lament that in our celebration of Christmas, we tend to lose sight of its true meaning.... Read More
Goodbye, Jesus Dec. 11, 2017
I'm getting a little sick of Jesus. When I was a kid in Catholic school, back in the early 1960s, Je... Read More
Why Does God Permit Natural Disasters? Sep. 14, 2017
Like many Americans during the past three weeks, I've been bombarded by news about the destructive p... Read More
What Do We Make of Us? Aug. 23, 2017
We were standing in the checkout line at our local grocery, this stranger and I, admiring each other... Read More
The Case for Christ Apr. 21, 2017
As most of you doubtlessly know, Lee Strobel has a new movie out, "The Case for Christ," which is ba... Read More
The Message From the Manger Dec. 23, 2016
Celebrating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth is a custom familiar to everyone raised in Western cultur... Read More
America at Christmas Dec. 22, 2016
What if Christmas is a core value of belief in a personal God who lived among us and His freely give... Read More
The Message of Easter Mar. 28, 2016
Christians today celebrate their holiest day of the year, Easter. It marks the culmination of Holy W... Read More
The Crossroads of History Mar. 25, 2016
This weekend is the anniversary of the single most important event in human history. What came after... Read More
A Humble Pre-Christmas Effort to Share My Enthusiasm for the Bible Dec. 11, 2015
As the Christmas season approaches, I want to explain why I am so enthusiastic about the subject mat... Read More
