Further Reflections of Faith and Love

I hoped she loved me, but I did not know. She turned me down cold in tenth grade and so there was reason to doubt that she found me attractive, but tenth grade was a long time ago. And yet her note that year had been very spiritual and very final: she would only date [...]

So Happy I Could Shout

Let’s get this out of the way: Lee Strobel is coming onto the Apologetics team at HBU. But this is not the press release, that is here. This is a personal reflection on education: what American Christians should want, what we too often get, and what we can do about. What is the bottom line? Educational [...]

In Which Jesus Is Shown To Be Better than a Facebook Friend

Friendship is a great good and Facebook friendship is a lesser good, but that does not mean it isn’t a good.  Facebook is enjoyable and a great improvement over once a year Christmas newsletters. Conversations take place and information is exchanged. Just because a good is the greatest good doesn’t mean it isn’t good! But would [...]

A Sad Little Film: Star Trek II Again

Star Wars fans beware. By the time J.J. Abrams is done with your childhood, it will be even smaller and less impressive than reality always makes going home again. If the tree you built a house in was not nearly as high as you recall, in the hands of Abrams that tree would be torn [...]

If Left Alone: What My Grandchildren Will See

Christians are a minority when it comes to sex outside of marriage. The Christian church teaches that sexual activity outside of marriage is a sin, but most Americans think it is morally acceptable. The good news is that if the immoral majority will leave us alone, the Christian minority is large enough to prevail over [...]