Racism is alive in America. When it rears its ugly head it needs to be challenged, where it has harmed people we need to walk beside them, they need to know our compassion. There are racist whites, Asians and blacks. Some whites and Asians are racist toward blacks. Some blacks
The West is in the midst of a war—a battle of ideas—with two fronts. Islamism is on the attack from the East, but a parallel tyranny grows in the West, a tyranny every bit as fundamentalist and threatening as jihad. I speak of the tyranny of fundamentalist atheism. Of course
God made humans to be free. But free societies do not fall from heaven; they are born within the hearts of people, grounded in biblical principles, and established through obedience to all that Christ commanded. That mandate comes in the context of a war for the hearts and minds of
What is the biblical view of time? To be human is to ask, “Where have we come from?” “Where are we going?” “What is the meaning of history?” The answers are shaped by one’s worldview. Animism answers both questions with a resounding “Nowhere!” To the animist, life is an endless
Why do progressives reject Bernie Sanders? “It is better to rule in hell than to serve in heaven.” Lucifer, in Paradise Lost John Milton got it right: The culture of heaven is to serve. The culture of hell is to rule. Those who seek power would rather rule in hell
As the Coronavirus leaps around the globe we are probably watching the veritable tip of the iceberg. As of February 26, the disease had infected 81,600 people, at least 2,767 had died, and thirty-nine nations had reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, the official name for the Coronavirus (which first appeared
On a cold February night in the Swiss Alps a gentle snowfall was visible through the window. My wife Marilyn and I were guests of Deborah and Udo Middelmann. Ten of us sat around the coffee table drinking English tea from fine china cups. The candle flickered on the table,
The creation is personal because it was made by the personal God Each worldview, whether it is biblical theism, animism, or secularism, has a story about beginnings, a plot line, and a vision for the future. In fact, every worldview must answer four basic questions: Where did we come from?
How should we read the Bible? Recently, a reader asked for “chapter and verse” to support an argument I had made in a post. That’s a fair question, and it prompted this post. Asking for a scriptural reference for a Christian’s statement is always appropriate. Sometimes we read the Bible
Are you seeing reality as God made it? Every culture has a dominant worldview that shapes its beliefs, institutions and practices. After a class in Sierra Leone completed a microbiology course, one student told the teacher, “I know that you taught us about polio, but do you want to know
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