2020 Is Here
Twenty-five years ago, some futurists foresaw a major global crisis arriving in about the year 2020.
In 1995 I published EarthCurrents: The Struggle for the...
Sinclair Lewis Says It CAN Happen Here
Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis was alarmed by the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany. In 1931 his journalist wife had interviewed Hitler. Now...
Strange Stirrings of the Spirit
“God works in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform,” said William Cowper in 1774.
I fully agree. One of those mysterious ways is providence...
Most Important Book of 2016
The most important book of 2016 is The Patient Ferment of the Early Church: The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire, by...
Gray Mountain: John Grisham’s Legal Justice Thriller
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. So will you. John Grisham’s novel Gray Mountain has everything and almost begs to be made into a movie.
Plot...
What Pocahontas Found in Heaven
Most people these days know something about Pocahontas. Some even know the true story of her conversion to Christianity, and perhaps of the catechetical...
Father’s House — Many Mansions!
Jesus says in John 14, “In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go...
Surprise
Gold leaves of autumn
New buds in spring
Summer’s warm magic
Winter’s cold ring—
Coming and going
Time’s rise and fall
Years building ages
Time touching all—
So our lives mingle
So our...
Is History Linear or Cyclical?
It is not accurate to say the Bible gives us a linear, not cyclical, worldview or view of history. Scripture combines both.
God’s redemptive revelation...
Does Anything Mean Anything?
Is meaning correspondence and signification—one thing in relation to something else?
"Meaningless! Meaningless! Everything is meaningless. What has been will be again, what has been...