The Far Green Country

This link was provided to me by a lady from church:

Extremely challenging and convicting, to put it mildly.

I used to be in favor of some sort of theistic evolutionary view of creation. In fact, I’ve written about it on this blog a few times in the past.  However, somewhere in the last two years my mind was changed - yet I don’t think I ever got around to stating this publicly.  So [...]

While reading the back posts from a friend’s blog this morning, I was touched by a bit of stark honesty.  My friend was recounting how he was surprised one night to find his young daughter lying on the floor beside his bed, rather than in her own.  When he asked her why, she said it [...]

The Internet is a great place for debate. Online forums, listservs, and message boards are available on almost any topic conceivable. Most of them have fairly open admission policies, too: does he have an IP address? Can he type? Let him in! The almost pure democracy of this arrangement makes for [...]

Today I read the following passage from the Gospel according to John:
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than [...]

There have been several times in life when I’ve had to enter into “difficult” conversations. Sometimes these were initiated by myself; other times they have been foisted upon me. Difficult conversations usually involve the receiving and/or telling of uncomfortable truths. Sometimes these are confessions we have to make. Other times they [...]

I was thinking today about how we as human beings are so equivocal. Whether it’s in church, or in the family, or in society - whether we are theologians, fathers, or political leaders - the problem is the same. We enjoy the comforts and stability that come from acting and speaking responsibly. At [...]

North America is up to its jowls right now in what is blithely called the “holiday season.” I walked into Barnes & Noble one night last week, and was almost immediately taken aback: honestly, I do not think I have ever seen so many people in a bookshop! That there were sufficient numbers [...]

One of the many things which Christians debate is creation. Even within Bible-believing Christianity (BBC), the issue is often hotly contested. It is useful here to divide the matter under two headings (of which I was reminded by a friend recently): the what and the how. The ‘what’ is the answer to the [...]

Some time ago, I was browsing the official endorsements of the TNIV Bible translation. Some of the names were familiar and unsurprising, many were simply unfamiliar, and yet stood out as both familiar and surprising: D.A. Carson. “Wow,” I thought, stunned, “Carson endorses the TNIV?” Why was that surprising, you might wonder?
Well, [...]