Our contradictory calling as Jesus followers — Twenty-first-century pop-culture America is (for the most part) an upside-down reality. You don’t have to be a theologian or social scientist to figure that out. Good is called evil and evil good (Isaiah 5:20). That which is vile is honored (Psalm 12:9). …

How I as a Jewish young man came to believe Jesus — It was a Tuesday evening in the spring of 1978. I was a college sophomore, and as part of my fraternity’s recruiting mission, I was visiting a young man in his dorm room. To this day, I haven’t the slightest idea who the young man was whom I was trying…

The Church in a post-truth age — In case you haven’t noticed, we now live in a post-truth age. We’ve “progressed” (or shall I say “regressed”) from post-modern to post-Christian to what it is now: post-truth. Actually, it’s a new truth age. Allow me to explain. A quick look back First, let me take you back to that bygone era known…

Do we — do I — trust what He says? “The person who trusts Me (Jesus) will not only do what I am doing but even greater things…” (John 14:12, Message Bible) This is a declaration from Jesus Himself — and it is a big-time challenge. He is saying matter-of-factly…

Let them show us their moral superiority — I don’t get the mayoral meltdowns in New York, D.C., or Chicago. Haven’t they declared their cities to be “sanctuaries” for illegal aliens? If so, they should be welcoming the busloads from Texas and Arizona. All those governors are doing is helping these cities fulfill their self-proclaimed destinies! Could it be that these mayors are seeing the logical conclusion of their own delusional proclamations?

A true story from deep in the heart of coal mine country — Oh those evil coal mines! And don’t get me started on the miners who propagate their evil. But alas, there’s a catch to this narrative. You see, this past Friday (Sept. 2), an electric vehicle (you know, the cars who are going to save the planet?) broke down in the heart of (gulp!) coal mine country. Guess who recharged the car? Yep, you guessed it: coal miners. And they used evil coal power to do so.

I just won’t vote the way he wants me to! — This past Thursday evening (September 1, 2022), Joe Biden did his best to rally the country to vote in this year’s midterms. After watching the speech, I redoubled my resolve to do just that. Voting is a non-negotiable hallmark of our democracy. So vote I will. As a “MAGA conservative,” I will make sure to elect other like-minded extremists who (per Joe’s own words) “don’t respect the Constitution” and are “determined to take this country backward.” Indeed, I will vote for — and/or support — any “extremist” candidate with “dangerous” policies such as border security, fiscal responsibility, respect for traditional values, and showing strength to our enemies.

It’s THE reason why I don’t lose hope — The world is losing (or has lost) its collective mind. That’s not exactly a newsflash. Up is down. Down is up. Injustice abounds. And there’s no shortage of billionaire oligarch puppet-masters dictating how we should live. Meanwhile, the God Who created the earth is laughing. About this “God laugh attack” I see the world through…

It’s a factual, fundamental flaw — There it was in front of my eyes: the spot on the Census form asking for my “race.” Gratefully, I marked the “other” and filled in the word “human.” We are one race: the human race. Why is that so hard to grasp? Perhaps it’s our embrace of evolution. After all, it was Darwin who divided humanity into distinct “races” and was convinced that the white “race” was more advanced than the black “race.” It was Darwin who wrote that in the future, “the civilized races of man will…exterminate and replace…the savage races”