Where Did Jesus Live Between the Age of 12 -30 Years of His Life?
The Bible does not comment on the life of Jesus between the ages of 12 and about 30…
Read MoreWhat Day Is the Sabbath Supposed to Be On?
This commandment states that the seventh day of the week, Saturday, is the day the Lord selected for rest and worship. However, in the New Testament, the Christian church began to worship and rest on the first day of the week, Sunday. Are Christians violating the Sabbath commandment by worshiping on the first day of the week rather than the seventh day? Some Sabbatarian groups, such as Seventh-Day Adventists, think so…
Read MoreWhy We Can Still Say “The Bible Says”
A popular pastor has made national headlines for his comment that he no longer says, “The Bible says…” when preaching. While the pastor argues he still believes the Bible is perfect, he notes the phrase no longer “works” with those he seeks to reach. Does this mean we should consider no longer using the phrase,…
Read MoreWith so Many Mass Shootings, How Can We Overcome Evil with Good?
Another mass shooting that left at least 14 dead in San Bernardino, California this week marks the sixth mass shooting in the United States in the past week! Americans find themselves responding by buying more guns, living in increased fear, or simply no longer paying attention to headlines of fellow citizens dying at the end of a bullet…
Read MoreCoordinating Celestial Observations
Published 6-27-2018 To introduce astronomy studies to my former students, I regaled them with an account of my early childhood musings about the the Earth and the sky. Some confessed similar youthful personal misconceptions about the cosmos. As a young child I gazed out and envisioned a solid dome of sky arching down to Earth…
Read MoreThe Great Commission for the Rest of Us
Half of American Christians don’t even know what the Great Commission is according to a recent Barna study. Among the half who do, many view it as something for missionaries who serve on the other side of the planet. Does the Great Commission really apply to the rest of us? When Jesus spoke these final…
Read MoreHow to Pray for Your Unsaved Friends and Family Members
How can we best pray for God to save our friends and family members who do not know Jesus? Only Jesus can change someone’s heart, but our prayers are a vital part of God’s process of transforming lives for eternity. Scripture offers three key practices we can all apply to effectively pray for our unsaved…
Read More7 Ways to Follow the Great Commission from Home
The Great Commission sounds great, but how does it work if we don’t move to the other side of the planet as a missionary? If every person who follows Jesus is really supposed to be making disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19), there must be some way to do this without signing up for seminary…
Read MoreSummer Solstice Splendor
Published 6-22-2018 Recall your personal response to the “first day of summer” when you were a school student. Children greet this day with happiness and fervor. By this date in June some midwestern school children have been on summer vacation for several weeks. Other schools, primarily in the mostly non-agricultural east, have school calendars extending…
Read MoreRegulations on Human Innovation
Published 6-19-2018 The CRISPR/Cas9 genetic editing phenomenon receives much press in our current climate. Our government regulators solicit public commentary on lively issues of the day. Well they should, particularly when bioscientists develop novel processes which could impact human life negatively. In particular, when genetic experts deliberately alter in some way the human genetic heritage…
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