One of the many reasons I loved Tim Keller was that he pastored mostly wealthy Manhattans and yet displayed such courage over the years to say things like the following, based on Mary's song in Luke 1:52-53 “He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry …
Just Enough Time
You don’t know if you’re going to live long enough to slow down … and discover the truth of your spiritual identity. You may not be destined to live a long life; you may not have 60 more years to discover and claim your own deepest truth … you have to live every day as …
Dobbs, Pro-life, and Where Do We Go From Here?
An old friend of mine asked me why I never speak/write about abortion. While not exactly true, since I do sparingly weigh in on the issue (see below), I take his point, and appreciate any civil pushback, which his was. Here are some of my thoughts in answer to his concern. It’s true, I seldom …
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Another Poser Prophet
“Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don’t be impressed with charisma; look for character. Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your …
Common Good Righteousness
Our nation’s founders claimed a “self-evident” truth that all humans are equal and that our Creator has endowed us with “certain unalienable Rights.” These “Rights” were so important to the writers of the Declaration that they capitalized the word. Pursuing a just distribution of those rights makes one a good American as well as a …