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February 2015

February 08, 2015
“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness . . .”...
February 07, 2015
There is the problem of evil, but counterbalancing the petty evils are the unexpected joys...
February 06, 2015
Plane rides always let me listen to fascinating conversations: when you have no choice it...
February 05, 2015
I have seen the future and it is good. I can be jolly even though...
February 04, 2015
Every so often I get the following type of email in my box: Hello Dear,...
February 03, 2015
Nationwiding: The act of depressing a joyous event with anxious moralism.  The entire nation experienced...
February 02, 2015
A worry is abroad that we will Americanize our Christianity, but people should stop worrying....
February 01, 2015
I can hear it coming. There is a branch of religion and irreligion that worries...

January 2015

January 31, 2015
The Super Bowl is the least serious event Americans take seriously. And, yet, why should...
January 30, 2015
I have been lucky to know and work for great leaders, one of them being...
January 29, 2015
The man who cannot learn from fiction because it is not literally true is like...
January 28, 2015
There are many decent responses to the old "problem:" how could a good God command...
January 27, 2015
Bill Belichick is bad for sports. His badness is not helped if he is not...
January 26, 2015
The leaders from the World War II era are gone: one ruler remains. Elizabeth II,...
January 25, 2015
There are days for Duck Dynasty and days for Dante, but no days where I don't love...
January 24, 2015
Speed kills cultures. At the speed of mules, Medieval people learned to discuss, debate, and...
January 23, 2015
She did it, she made it great, but it was a mistake and that mistake...
January 22, 2015
My Super Bowl party was set. Fourth quarter and my Packers (hey, I am an...
January 21, 2015
Faculty matter. Other issues matter, but nothing counts more than faculty if we are discussing...
January 20, 2015
Sin is all around and if it doesn't make the world go round it does...
January 19, 2015
There is no sense pretending Rev. Dr. King and I would have agreed on everything...
January 17, 2015
Hunter Baker is a good man, a thoughtful man, a Christian, and is convinced that...

November 2014

November 25, 2014
Too many African-American young people are arrested in the United States. Too many African-American young...
November 13, 2014
Christians need leaders who are moderate and meek. Saying that sounds like advocacy for impotence,...
November 12, 2014
We don't have to be told that there is trouble in the United States: we...

October 2014

October 28, 2014
Nobody needs me to list reasons for worry. I am worried about the state of...
October 22, 2014
This week will mark the 31st year of teaching and here are three simple truths:...
October 15, 2014
Annise Parker is not the biggest problem my Church faces. So help us God, what...
October 13, 2014
Gratitude: An Intellectual History is a book on an important topic that pays a careful reading....
October 06, 2014
Gratitude: An Intellectual History is an intellectual feast that gives you choices: you can consume the...
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