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Alternative Sports Facts
It was great seeing the Packers make it to yet another Super Bowl. Don’t believe the liberal media, with their fake news, which says the Falcons won. The Packers won, period. I look forward to them...
View Article“For the Lord is a God of Justice….”
A turning point of sorts occurred for me in 1980, when I attended an Evangelical Press Association convention in Chicago. The closing speaker, Wes Pippert, referenced biblical teachings about the poor...
View ArticleChristian Leaders Address the Refugee Executive Order
Too many Christians let their views on public policy be shaped by talking-head pundits. This is particularly sad when it comes to issues of morality and biblical faithfulness. I always want to hear...
View ArticleWhy No Evangelicals on the Supreme Court?
I haven’t heard anything about the lack of religious diversity on the Supreme Court, and how Neil Gorsuch would fit in. Most recently, there were six Catholics and three Jews. When John Paul Stevens...
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An Injustice in Trump’s Twisted Version of America
I’ve been following the sad case of Roberto Beristain, an undocumented man from South Bend, Ind., who was separated from his wife and three daughters–all American citizens–on February 6 because of...
View ArticleAm I That Kind of Person?
Am I the type of Christian who would shelter and aid an undocumented person to prevent a great injustice from occurring? One of my predecessors was That Kind of Person. William Hanby, the United...
View ArticleSaul, Damascus, ICE, and Iraq
Today, Pastor Kevin preached about Saul’s conversion on the road to Damascus. Acts 9 tells how Saul, with the approval from authorities, was finding Christians–men and women–and dragging them off to...
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Freak Out in the Dentist’s Chair
This morning I had the blessed joy of getting fitted for not one, but TWO crowns. A double coronation. One tooth has been a candidate for a crown for years, but hasn’t caused any problems, so the...
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Book Review: “Jesus: a Pilgrimage,” by James Martin
Today, I FINALLY finished one of the best Christian books I’ve ever read: “Jesus: a Pilgrimage,” by Jesuit priest James Martin. At it’s most basic, it’s a travel guide: Martin and a fellow priest...
View ArticleWhen Kids Find a Gun in the House
I’m continually disturbed by how many young children find a loaded gun in their home, “play” with it (that’s always the word used), and end up shooting themselves–often fatally. For several years, I’ve...
View ArticleThat Highly Inefficient Roman Census
Reading about the census in Luke 2, it seems highly inefficient, having people travel to their ancestral home. For Joseph, that meant going to Bethlehem, known as the City of David. But why stop at...
View ArticleAll Humans can Show Bad Judgment. Even…Jesus?
Was Jesus capable of exercising bad judgment? According to most Christian teaching, no. Bad judgment sounds too close to sin. We explain away everything Jesus said and did, even when it grates on us in...
View ArticleI’ll Do This if You Do That
Husband: “Here’s my offer. I’ll stop beating the kids, if you’ll let me buy a new flatscreen TV for my man cave.” Wife: “How are those two things even related? Besides, you promised–over and over and...
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My Russian Fan Club
I seem to be quite the rage in Russia. Looking through my Junk mail (which I do once or twice a year), I discovered a number of emails from the last few days reading like this: “You seem like my type...
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When Evil Prevails in America
Jose and Cindy Garcia at a January 15 farewell party before he was deported to Mexico. Martin Luther King: “We have to repent in this generation, not merely for the hateful words and actions of bad...
View ArticleEmpathy for Animals vs. Human Suffering
I can’t say enough good about “Following Francis,” by Susan Pitchford. This is a person following hard after God, and writing about it with freshness and wit. I’m halfway through, and savoring every...
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Memories of the Blizzard of ’78, Now 40 Years Ago
40 years ago today, I boarded an airplane in Fresno, Calif., with $15 in my wallet and no credit cards. I had spent my junior-year J-Term with my family in Pixley, Calif., and worked at Pixley...
View ArticleAmerica’s Gun Future on This Side of the Slippery Slope
Every time there’s a major mass shooting, especially in a school (I said “major” to differentiate from all the “minor” mass shootings we don’t even notice anymore), there is a lot of hand-wringing....
View ArticleRobert Mueller and Donald Trump: a Study in Contrasts
During the past week, I read a couple articles contrasting Donald Trump and Robert Mueller (who is two years older than Trump). Both were born in wealthy New England families, were raised to lead,...
View ArticleEvangelicals are Not Like You Hear on TV
Many people contend that the term “evangelical” has become so tarnished from its tight association with Donald Trump and the Republican Party that we need to abandon it and adopt a different label. I...
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