The Overcoming of Prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird
When Harper Lee passed away a few weeks ago, I pulled out my copy of To Kill a Mockingbird (Grand Central 1960) and re-read it for the first time since 1999. I haven’t followed the...
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If God Made the World, Why is it So Old?
According to standard geological timeframes, we human beings are a thing of yesterday. I remember reading somewhere (I cannot remember where) that if earthโs history were compressed into a 24-hour day, then all of human...
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7 Ways to Fight Distraction During Prayer
Iโve been trying to pray more this year. But prayer does not always come easily to me. I often find (can you relate?) that I sit down to pray with the best of intentions, only...
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Three Ways Movies are Searching for the Gospel
I love movies. I always have, but for some reason I’ve grown more and more fascinated with movies in the last three or four yearsโthe massive industry that stands behind them, the intricacies and subtleties...
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Five Strategies for Daily Bible Reading
I’ve always been amazed by Jesus’ response to Satan’s first temptation: “if you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread” (Matthew 4:3). I picture Jesus there, looking at the...
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Five Ways to Deepen Your Preaching
I’ve been blessed lately with the opportunity to preach a bit more. I really enjoy preaching, and the homiletics training I received at Covenant Seminary during my M.Div. was excellent. But the more I learn...
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Is Animal Suffering and Death Before the Fall Bad?
Perhaps the most momentous issue involved in the debate between young-earth creationists and various varieties of old-earth creationists is animal death/suffering before the human fall. In his book A Biblical Case for an Old Earth,...
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A Tribute to Jurassic Park on the Occasion of its 25th Anniversary
This summer I re-read Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. I read it for the first time along with The Lost World back in 8th grade, and so reading it again was fun and brought back old...
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Four Appeals to Christians Embracing Gay Marriage
I was not particularly surprised by the Supreme Courtโs decision last Friday. Nor do I feel alarmist about it. Some Christians are responding to it in doomsday tones, but to my mind that attitude is...
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