The latest Batman comic is taking on social issues like never before, depicting Batman rescuing a black teenager from white cops about to gun him down. Let that sink in for just a minute. Yes, it was hard for me to believe too. When I first read about it I just sat in slack-jawed astonishment……They’re still […]
Read MoreI’ve worked a lot, probably most, of the family holidays since my kids were born. Coming from someone who has worked so many holidays, I can speak from experience when I say that you shouldn’t feel guilty for shopping on Black Friday. Some of those holidays I was required to work, but some of them […]
Read MoreWould a Christian government let the refugees in?
Read MoreThis became painfully obvious a few days ago, watching a dad try to “parent” his two year old.
Read MoreDoes anyone else think that the “Click If You Agree” stuff has gotten out of hand?
Read MoreThink back on your childhood…. Was there anything, ever, more absolutely-bone chillingly terrifying than when your father finally had enough of your back seat antics and flipped the rearview mirror at you?
Read MoreThis is the last post is a series that started here. If you’re interested, it would really be best to start at the beginning and work your way through the series to help understand what I’m proposing now. As I said in this post, I don’t think that every case of suicide necessarily results in […]
Read MoreWe started discussing this in the last post and I’d like to talk about it some more. The most common spiritual objection to suicide that I’ve heard is that suicide will ALWAYS inevitably result in an eternity in Hell because it’s a sin for which you can’t ask forgiveness. Let me state two things perfectly […]
Read MoreI firmly believe that in most cases suicide is a problem with a spiritual answer. When people need purpose and fulfillment and joy in their lives, they’ll only be satisfied when they look for those things in Christ. But I’m afraid that often the spiritual answers we have to the problem of suicide do nothing […]
Read MoreI’d like to spend the week talking about suicide. Specifically, what a Christian’s response should be when confronted with questions about suicide-whether from their own hearts or from someone else who is struggling with them. I’d like to organize the posts along these lines (I’ll add links to this list as new posts are […]
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