“TRUTH” VS TRUTH
INTRODUCTION The greatest hindrance to truth is not error per se but the “truth.” This might sound like…
INTRODUCTION The greatest hindrance to truth is not error per se but the “truth.” This might sound like…
I was saved into chorus-singing charismatic circles at the tail end of the Jesus Movement, and we didn’t…
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A wave of fear and unease has enveloped the world. Not merely because folks are afraid of getting…
Many Christians are perplexed by Acts 13:48 which states, "When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and…
Everywhere I look across the church landscape, I see Christians seething with bitterness. It seems to be an…
The pretribulation rapture has been taking quite a beating over the past couple decades from teachers that have…
Hi friends. I have been busy as a beaver, so it has been a while since I have…
I would like to share with you a strange experience I had with the spiritual realm. This is…
Back in the fall of 1981, shortly after I got out of the Army, I hitchhiked from Tacoma,…
Christians take shortcuts in their understanding of the Bible far more often than they think they do. They…
In Matthew 24:40-41 we read, “Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the…
After an interesting exchange on Twitter this afternoon, I have decided to address the subtle use of argumentum…
The Bible emphatically states concerning false teachers, “You will know them by their fruits” (Matt. 7:16). There is…
The Rogue has been nominated for an Audie Award. Can you say, “Wow!” The audio…
What is lacking when Christians casually drift through life, dabbling in the things of God and diligently pursuing…
Peer review is generally regarded favorably by the academic world. They look upon it as a utilitarian proxy…
I often hear “Christians” from the millennial generation make railing accusations against the church. One young apologist I…
During the past couple decades evangelical circles have been troubled with a growing negativity about prophecy. The subject…
I am finally finished! There were times when I wondered if I was ever going to finish The…
Many Christians in our day condemn judging as an unloving practice and rail against those “mean-spirited” Christians who…
Should believers fear God? This question makes many believers uncomfortable and stirs up a bit of strife in…
Will we be vegetarians in the millennium or the eternal kingdom? I am skeptical. No, more than that.…
In June 2005 my boys and I along with a few others hiked into the Beartooth Wilderness in…
A number of years ago, I bought a dozen boxes of candy canes during a post-Christmas sale in…
Humility is one of those doctrines where almost all Bible teachers and Christians have a reasonably good idea…
Hello from chilly North Dakota. Thankfully, the current cold streak isn’t near as severe as the last. A…
Years ago I was working on a carpentry project and for convenience sake I had left one tape…
As I look around the church, and look at my own temptations and failures, I see a church…
One of the most profound statements in the Bible is found in Luke 18:8, “Nevertheless, when the Son…
Christians, at least in America, love to get involved in politics — articulating their position, their commentary, or…
A common intellectual mistep in our day is the notion that the Bible was written in the framework…
Those who know me well, know that I am not a huge movie buff. The film industry is…
I spent this past week in Raleigh, North Carolina at the Brethren assemblies’ National Workers and Elders Conference.…
Our heart affections are the only thing that we really have — ultimately — to give to the…
As a change of pace I thought I would share a sliver of my Pentecostal experience — a…
Is it wrong to serve God with your own self-interest in view? Many Christians believe that this is…
As mentioned in the previous post, there is growing skepticism in the church regarding the belief that we…
Time for updates and assorted ramblings. This evening it is raining fairly hard here in Harvey, North Dakota.…
A growing distaste for Bible prophecy is rearing its head in many evangelical circles. This often manifests itself…
When I was in the Ranger Battalion many years ago, one of the favorite pranks my fellow Rangers…
This past week at North Dakota Discipleship Camp was a time of refreshing. Though the camp was originally…
The devil’s grand design in the world is to undermine and destroy every institution of God—like the Bible,…
One of the distinctive mantras of the modern evangelical church is the snippet from Matthew chapter 7, “Judge…
Everywhere I look I see signs of the ever-darkening apostasy gathering around us. One of the signs that…
Many Christians have a small view of their inheritance in heaven. They seem to believe that the only…
John 13:35 says, “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for…
In the summer of 2006 my three sons, the two youngest still teenagers, went on a trip to…
Hello friends, fans, and readers. How does someone who would prefer to spend his days with his nose…
A friend recently asked me to review a book by NT Wright called Surprised by Hope. In a…
Bitterness is like a tea kettle on the stove. If you keep heating it up, it will boil.…
Many Christians seem to be of the opinion that the Christian life boils down to clean living. They…
Many times over the years I have had people tell me that they just can’t do the serious…
Many believers live in a minor but significant distrust of God. They hang on to their money, their…
In the summer of 1986, I and several others made an attempt on Granite Peak in Montana via…
When I was a babe in the Lord, twenty years old and fresh out of the Army, I…
In the fall of 1981, I hitchhiked home from Tacoma, Washington to Langdon, North Dakota on a surprise…
When I was a teenager in Helena, Montana, our home on Townsend Avenue was open. It was regularly…
Many times over the years I have heard Christians defend compromise with the justification, “It’s just a little…
Frequently I hear believers state that it is wrong to serve Christ with a view to earning a…
From time to time my wife will think outside the box in the kitchen. Usually this ends up…
HOLEY CHRISTIANITY Many years back when we were driving rust buckets, a friend loaned me a Nissan pickup—the…
When I was a sophomore in high school a friend told me he had caught a bullhead in…
Sometimes we need a good dose of trying circumstances to teach us to pray as we ought. When…
In early March of 1981, I parachuted into Fort Wainwright, Alaska with the 2nd Ranger Battalion for Arctic…
God has made human beings to be go-getters…striving to excel with their God-given talents…striving to best their difficult…
In August of 2016, when I was fifty-five and out of shape from an injury-laden decade that had…
We all feel it at times. We come to an intersection in life and have no idea which…