I listened to Steve Brown’s discourse titled “Truth with Tears.” He was my homiletics professor in the early 90’s and I have listened to him often since that time.  He has a heart and passion for God and has the gift to express it with winsome and persuasive words.  He has always caused me to muse over issues that other people seem to grasp without any effort. 

I listened to “Truth with Tears” yesterday afternoon.  I began my journey to discover the proximity of love to truth an...

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Every nation and every generation has problems of its own. For example the Apostle Paul (30 A.D.) quoted the poet Epimenides (600 B.C.) saying, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons” (Titus 1:12).

Around 700 B.C. in Israel a prophet speaking about the king of Babylon (based on my research, I believe the prophecy ended up referring to Nebuchadnezzar) said, “Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, who dwell securely, who say in your heart, I am and there ...

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"As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for Thee, O God" (Psalm 42:1).  Why does the soul thirst for God?  Although there are several answers to that question, the soul of man has the inclination to worship.  Those without the spirit of God create idols to worship.  Those with the spirit of God worship Him in spirit and truth.  With or without the spirit of God, every human being craves to worship something.  Having lived among the human race for the past sixty five years, I...
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It has been said that the title of a recent book “My Christian Apology” is a play on words.  The sub-title is “Apologetics Explained and Applied.”  If it was a play on words then the author might lay claim to Jacques Derrida’s postmodern deconstructionism.  Since I am the author of  “My Christian Apology” I apologize for my apology and denounce literary deconstructionism. 

A few words about deconstructionism will suffice.  The alleged father of deconstructionism, Jacques Derri...

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Martin Luther was called to appear before the Diet of Worms because of his "teaching and books."  He appeared before Emperor Charles V. and his brother Archduke Ferdinand and a host of other rulers in the Holy Roman Empire.  Luther was asked whether or not he wrote the books that were placed on a table in the hall.  He did acknowledge them as his books.  Then Luther was asked:  "Are you prepared to retract these books, and their contents, or do you persist in the opinions you have advanced in...
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Theology, doctrine, and truth were landmarks of the evangelical church in centuries past.  Holy Scripture was the means to measure the worship and work of the church.  Sola Scriptura, Scripture alone, was the absolute universal standard.  Today those things that work best or more specifically those things that seem best at the particular time and situation measure the worship and work of the church, to a large degree.  The evangelical church has moved away from a God-centered ministry and has...

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Everyday we are confronted and seduced by all sorts of "isms" in our modern culture. An "ism" is, of course, any particular world and life view. The letters "ism" attached to the end of a word, simply represent a philosophy of life or the way a person thinks about the world or how one relates to the world.

I devote much of time writing and editing Christian books, especially biblical exposition.  I find myself challenged by many of the world views as our culture shifts from the modern to the p...

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