They Had Been with Jesus
"When they [the Sanhedrin] saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus." Acts 4:13...
View ArticleDear President Obama and Anyone Else Wanting to be President
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Obama (and any candidate who will listen):Mr. President, I don’t mean to be impersonal in penmanship or in greeting. First, my handwriting isn’t going to win any awards and secondly,...
View ArticleNabeel Qureshi Part 2
Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? Christians worship Yahweh, the Trinity, whereas Muslims worship Allah, a monad. This is not an incidental difference; Islam makes every effort to condemn...
View ArticleBuilt for a Time Like this
We are being asked to live with unknown cultural elements and we are uncertain as to how some things will play out. We find some things we have seen this week to be unbelievable. Some of us are...
View ArticleWhen Pain & Joy Collided in Congo
In the fall of 2003 I found myself standing in an open area wedged between two buildings with a young boy who had a fierce case of the giggles. I would simply look at him and he’d crack up. I will...
View ArticleThe Road to Justice Begins at a Stop Sign
Have you ever broken a bone? I have. When I was 11 or 12 years old I broke a finger playing in what was likely a fierce game of handball. You read that right. I was one of the cool kids who played...
View ArticleWhere Power Resides
Washington is broken. Wait….What? When that phrase is uttered, what is meant is that the people elected to office have done a poor job leading. The people “elected to office,” have not performed their...
View ArticleSlavery in America: A Conversation with International Justice Mission
In honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, this is a repost of an interview held with International Justice MIssion staff member Lauren Johnson in early 2010. IJM currently is one of the...
View ArticleSlavery in America: The Year of Jubilee
The following was originally posted March 29, 2010. It's being reposted here today as part of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. In 2010, I wrote a series of blogs titled Slavery in America....
View ArticleBooks Are Cool Again
Once upon a time people bought books in bookstores. I should know. My family owned a Christian bookstore chain. It was an idyllic, almost magical time when independent stores like ours and large...
View ArticleNakedness is not the same as Nudity
"Naked without Shame" This phrase is in the first few pages of the Bible. It's the kind of phrase that makes junior high boys snicker and it's the kind of phrase that makes newly married couples...
View ArticleProgress and Decline at the Same Time
A name calling President who regularly insults others in public doesn’t seem like progress. Yet, we continue to advance medical technology to the point of AIDS being more treatable than before. We can...
View ArticleInternational Education is More than Programs
When attending a musical in Austin, Texas, recently, the usher handed me a program. And some programs on television last less than an hour when you count the commercial interruptions. Many colleges...
View ArticleLight Always Shines Bright When It's Dark
For reasons both comforting and curious, the loneliest, darkest, and coldest time of the year plays host to Christmas. The shortest day of the year is around Christmas making it the physically...
View ArticleLiving with Camus Isn't Bad at All
On this day, January 4, in 1960, Albert Camus died in a car crash. That’s the bad news. The good news: he isn’t bad to live with today. In a 2010, Economist article, we read that “History finds Camus...
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