When I Write, I Feel His Pleasure

When I Write, I Feel His Pleasure

Most of us will recognize the inspiration for my title: Chariots of Fire. I have to admit I wondered WHY God cared if Eric Lidell ran. His sister agreed with me. After all, how did running spread the Gospel? Eric had no idea that, eventually, someone would make a...
The Worst and the Best Move

The Worst and the Best Move

I’m an immigrant who was born to an immigrant who was born to an immigrant and on and on for generations. You’d think that moving would be in my genes! I’ve had plenty of practice in moving. As an adult, I’ve lived in Urbandale, Iowa; Coventry, Oxford, and Birmingham,...
What I Wish I’d Learned in High School

What I Wish I’d Learned in High School

History and Geography I went to high school in the days when they were experimenting with “Humanities,” which meant to be a mixture of English, history, etc., but was actually a glorified form of applied psychology. I asked to learn World History, but the school...
Free to be His!

Free to be His!

-In the previous article, I ended with the statement that the Scriptures teach us about a Savior who came, died for our sins, and rose again. We can hang our lives on that truth and that Truth will set us free. But, what is freedom? The modern definition A Google...
The Atheist Who Taught me About God

The Atheist Who Taught me About God

Fathers. Some are related to us through birth, some through love, and some through both. Some are good and some not so much. None are perfect. Personally, my father was related to me through birth, through love, and he was—well—human. Not perfect, but doing the best...
The Worst of the Worst

The Worst of the Worst

Have you been looking forward to this article on the six worst textual variants? Just before the corresponding talk at the GWW conference, I experienced both anticipation and dread. Asking questions about personally important topics is often uncomfortable. But, it is...