Taking No Pleasure in the Death of Christopher Hitchens

Tweet“Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?” Ezek 33:11 On December 15, 2011, one of [...]

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Why Friday was Black and Blue

TweetThe AP headline on the front page of Sunday’s paper read “Why Friday was Black and Blue”. In case you haven’t heard, the biggest shopping day of the year had some ugly elements to it: –a woman in Los Angeles was so intent on getting at a crate of Xbox video games that she pepper-sprayed [...]

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9/11: The Islamic Reich

TweetIn reflecting on the tenth anniversary of “9/11” and the Islamic terrorist attacks upon our country, I am struck by what, no doubt, others have noticed as well. I’ve been reading a number of books of late that revisit the atrocities of Hitler’s Third Reich and have increasingly realized how familiar it all sounds: –A [...]

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Response to My Dear Brother, Coby

TweetCoby, I couldn’t fit my response to you in the comment area, so I have to make it a separate post. We are subject to the limitations of our means! Also, the only way that I can do this is to highlight some of your statements and respond to them. I appreciate everything that you [...]

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Ethics: 2. Is there truth and a moral law we can all know?

Tweet[continued from here and here] This is essentially asking if there is a transcendent ethical standard that exists beyond the individual and if so, can we all know it. Our culture is deeply divided over such a question, though we never really ask it out loud, for to do so would expose our deep relativism [...]

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Discussing Ethics with Chuck Colson

TweetI’m in Fort Lauderdale to film a preface to Chuck Colson’s new DVD series on Ethics: Doing the Right Thing. The series was filmed recently at Princeton to help people better understand the issues and criticality of ethics in our culture. It was made for a more secular audience, so we are creating a separate [...]

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Is the Bible Reliable? TrueU 02 Release

Tweet “All Scripture is inspired by God…” 2 Timothy 3:16 Just how reliable are the Scriptures? This is one of the great challenges that face a Christian college student, and the rest of us as well. This week, Focus on the Family is releasing the second set in the TrueU series, taught by Dr. Stephen [...]

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Hiding from the Obvious

Tweet“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.” Romans 1:20 Okay, look at the rocks in the picture on the right. Do you see anything of interest? . . . Did you [...]

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The Silence That Keeps Me Awake

TweetIt is 2 am and I can’t sleep. I don’t want to write this, but if I don’t, I’ll be liable as well. You don’t want to read this, because you will become liable too. Yesterday, a grand jury brought eight murder charges against a Pennsylvania abortionist. Their investigation took them into “a house of [...]

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Abortion: The Lie That Keeps on Hurting

TweetI just returned from a week of filming for Cross Examine. This week’s release, however, was one of the most difficult to write and film. It isn’t easy to watch. But if you want to, it’s available on the side panel this week or at crossexamine.com. (“For the Health of the Mother”) Abby Johnson was [...]

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