In the summer of 1986, I and several others made an attempt on Granite Peak in Montana via the Granite Creek drainage. To get to the mountain on this route you face three miles of boulder field that ranges from…
In the summer of 1986, I and several others made an attempt on Granite Peak in Montana via the Granite Creek drainage. To get to the mountain on this route you face three miles of boulder field that ranges from…
When I was a babe in the Lord, twenty years old and fresh out of the Army, I went to church camp for the first time in my life. I was young in the faith, abounding in zeal and overflowing…
The title is actually a misnomer for NT Greek has no indefinite article. But the eye-catching title draws attention to an important subject—how NT Greek handles the expression of indefiniteness. Many assume that the fact that NT Greek has no…
In the fall of 1981, I hitchhiked home from Tacoma, Washington to Langdon, North Dakota on a surprise visit to my family. A combination of rides took me to Grafton, so I had to hitchhike west on Hwy 17 and…
When I was a teenager in Helena, Montana, our home on Townsend Avenue was open. It was regularly noisy with neighborhood kids and friends from school—laughing, chasing, playing, getting snacks, staying for dinner, staying over night. They felt welcome and…
HOW THE GREEK DEFINITE ARTICLE DIFFERS FROM THE ENGLISH DEFINITE ARTICLE Over the years I have often heard preachers force unique, even bizarre, nuances on passages in the New Testament based on the presence of the Greek definite article. If the…
For centuries Western and Eastern culture alike have condemned homosexuality as wrong. On this point the world’s major religions like Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism and the anti-religious Socialism that engulfed most of the world in the last century…
Many times over the years I have heard Christians defend compromise with the justification, “It’s just a little thing.” This was generally followed up with a rant about legalistic believers making mountains out of molehills. Notice the fallacy here. They…
Frequently I hear believers state that it is wrong to serve Christ with a view to earning a reward in heaven. They say working for reward is carnal. They insist that spiritual believers serve Christ for His glory alone. This…
From time to time my wife will think outside the box in the kitchen. Usually this ends up somewhere between ho-hum and disaster. One such occasion occurred on January 1, 2000 when she served pancakes for breakfast. The first bite—which…