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(Published in Building a Healthy Culture: Strategies for an American Renaissance, ed. Don Eberly; Eerdmans, 2001; pp. 75-100). Political...

On July 4, I was at a party, and I got into conversation with a woman I had just met. You know the rule about not talking about politics...

A work colleague of mine asked me about what it means to “die to yourself,” which I had written on a blogpost. It’s a good question. Even...

When I travel in developing countries, I’m always struck by the number of people – often men –not working during the day. Small groups of...

I think about my death every day. I’m not a morbid person, but thinking about my mortality helps me frame my life and live closer to the...

Dad left his body on December 16, 2020, after almost 89 full years of work, joys, pain, and many, many baseball games. I was holding his...

Although I have a deep faith in God that pervades my life, I recognize that I could be wrong. My faith resides alongside my doubts.

I stopped believing in God when I was studying philosophy in college.

Perhaps you know the Peter Parker Principle from Stan Lee’s Spiderman comic books: “With great power comes great responsibility.”

Think about the people with whom you have rock star status, and begin by serving them.

My primary commitment is to truth, and out of that commitment comes my commitment to Christ. If I find a worldview that is truer than Christ

Here’s the thing: Christmas’ good news – God becoming a human so he could pay for our sins on the cross – is bad news for me, at least in th