If we are to take our heads out of the sand, and hit the hard questions head-on, so that we can be prepared for suffering, as we plan to do in the book of Job on Sunday, then we need…
Can a Christian Commit Suicide?
Pastor Miguel Nuenez interacts with an important pastoral question. This controversial topic has unfortunately often been addressed in emotional ways, not through biblical analysis. Those of us who grew up Roman Catholic have always heard suicide is a mortal sin…
Chavez’s Last Words: “I don’t want . . .
Denny Burk considers Hugo Chávez’s final words: The head of Venezuela’s presidential guard was with Hugo Chávez during his final moments. His report on Chávez’s last words paints a picture of a man desperately clinging to life. According to this…
Christopher Hitchens Has Died, Doug Wilson Reflects
The well known atheist Christopher Hitchens died Thursday night. Doug Wilson, who debated Hitchens numerous times reflects in a Christianity Today article: Editor’s Note: Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62. A statement from Vanity Fair said that…
Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
Justin Taylor considers what may be said with certainty regarding Steve Jobs: “No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all…
Free from the fear of death
Jesus delivers us from our fear of death. I once visited with a lady in her home who had polio during the terrible Rockford Polio epidemic in 1945. It was an awful time for Rockford. There were over 380 cases…
Thom Rainer reflects on the brevity of life
Thom Rainer (President and CEO of Lifeway Christian Resources) reflects on the race of life: When my son, Art Rainer, began work on the book we co-authored, Simple Life, he spent a good bit of time in a cemetery. That’s…
The Apostle Paul sounds better than John Lennon at the nursing home
I called on one of our older people today at a rehab center which is also a nursing home. Pop music was playing over the sound system and the first song that caught my attention was John Lennon: Imagine there’s…
Should Christians be cremated?
Justin Taylor points to a helpful article considering the ethics of cremation. David Jones, professor of Christian ethics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, has an excellent article in the latest issue of JETS on the topic of cremation, which I’ve…
If you watch carefully, you will notice that big talkers and fools sometimes gain dignity on the edge of time
Jayber Crow is the barber in Wendell Berry’s recommended fictional community of Port William. As such he witnesses how life and circumstances sometimes transform people . . .And, in that sense, there is a parallel between Jayber Crow’s job of…