Have you ever wondered why God calls some things good and other things as not good? Why is something like murder wrong but forgiving others is good? Does God declare something as good arbitrarily? Or does God declare something as good by appealing...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Have you ever wondered why God didn't just give us a list of "do's" and "don'ts"? Wouldn't it just be easier if there was a clear check list for me? Why do I need to read about people wandering in the desert or a prophet marrying a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Why does God care about what we do internally? Why can't I hate my neighbor, look on a woman with lust, or be envious? Who is it hurting? There are several answers to that question such as internal sin hurts the one who internalizes it....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Man loves religion. It might seem like that less and less today but people are supplementing one type of religion for another even today. Romans 1 tells us that every person has a religious system in place. In a man centered, man created...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
To be a good spy, one has to be able to blend into the other people around them. We've seen movies like this before. There's a mole leaking information to the other side and it's a race against time to uncover the mole and avert disaster. The mole...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Did you know that in the Americas and the UK there is a department that regulates what a foot is, what a meter is, what a liter is, what a pound is? The office of weights and measures regulates all these measures to make sure people aren't cheated...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If you're old enough, you might remember when cereal came with prizes inside. Remember the submarine? I don't think I've ever eaten a box of cereal so fast before. I couldn't wait to play with this huge sub and go on deep sea adventures and sneak...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It's not fair! For those of you with little ones this might be a familiar cry. Maybe you've heard that life isn't fair - maybe even said with the same temperament as a toddler. Fairness is something we strive for; in our sports, in our education,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Life stinks and then you die. This is probably not the first time you've heard this nihilistic statement. You've probably even heard it at your own work or with talking to someone about their work or the way their life is heading. The proclamation...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"How you live is more important than what you believe in." This is a quote from a female, atheist "pastor" in Canada that you might have read about recently. The sad thing is that a majority of people probably believe that to be true as well. What...[ abbreviated | read entire ]