Playing Saint by Zachary Bartels, which came out in 2014, gets top score in my book. As a pop Christian novel, it does an excellent job of intertwining history, intrigue, character development and theology. The protagonist is an up-and-coming tele-evangelist...
1290 Days
What would you do if you knew you only had 7 years left to live? What would you do if you knew the world had only 7 years left? I am not Chicken Little. I shy away from any kind of "end times" prophecy like I would the Tar Baby. A few months ago, and again the other...
Christ is Enough-Washer
John Gerstner and the Reasoning Mind
When I get to heaven, one of the big things on my list is to find John Gerstner. What a jewel. I just want to meet him. I was introduced to him last year through a Ligonier video series he did in the 90's called Handout Apologetics. The kids and I just finished...
Earthquakes and Agnosticism
1. The Accusation 2. The "Self-evident" Premises 3. The Y factor 4. Objectively Verifiable Truths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sApQ80QRiE The accusation Neil deGrasse Tyson: It is not good for earthquakes to happen. It proves that there is no "good" God who...
For Me
For Me Adam chose, for me --I could have done no better. . Christ died, for me --died as a man who could die for the trespass --rose as a God who had power over death. . But there are others who DID, for me... Mary Magdalene went, for me to take spices and service,...
Sola Fides
BY FAITH ALONE In the famous blockbuster Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, there is a poignant scene where Indiana Jones 1) reads there is a bridge, 2) hears that there is a bridge, 3) knows there is a bridge 4) cannot see the bridge. He has to cross the bridge to...
Beginnings
IN THE BEGINNING... God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness covered the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God hovered over the waters. And God said, "Let there be Light." Gen 1:1 Was the Word, and the Word was with...
