Growing up I had a drug problem. I was drug out of bed to go to school every weekday. I was drug to church for weddings and funerals. I was drug to church every Sunday morning. I was drug back on Sunday nights. I was even drug to Wednesday night Bible classes. I was drug [...]

Salt is an amazing substance. It improves the function of yeast. It gives baked foods a better texture. It can preserve meats and cheese. A pinch of salt can increase the volume of whipped cream or egg whites, raise the boiling temperature of water, and lower the freezing temperature of water. It is found in [...]

Growing up I was always fascinated with swords. Every movie with even a hint of a sword fight was one I wanted to see. I had books about them and I practiced the sport of fencing with my friends. In fact, fencing is how I met my wife. Today, I am still enthralled, but what [...]

Think of a time when you sprained your ankle or tore a muscle. Suddenly, tasks you didn’t think about before now take tremendous effort and pain (e.g., crossing a room, going up a flight of stairs, getting in and out of a car). For some the Christian life seems to be as difficult. They make [...]

A few months ago, I didn’t really know what a blog was. Oh, I had heard about them (who hasn’t?), but I didn’t read any blogs and I definitely didn’t have any plans to start writing one. Now, I find myself researching about blogs and reading several of them. I recently read a wikihow called [...]

In retail sales, a “bait and switch” is a form of fraud. A business will advertise a highly desirable product at an unbelievably low price. When customers come to make their purchase, however, they are told the product is no longer available. They are then offered a more expensive substitute in the hopes they will [...]

There are some false doctrines that are so prevalent they have made some passages of the Bible harder to understand. They have redefined words and twisted Scriptures to make the Bible say something it never intended to say. Take Romans 8:29-30 for instance. What does this passage mean by foreknowledge or by predestination? Imagine that [...]