Ephrem the Syrian, writing in the fourth century, made some of the same points I've made about early Christian eschatology . He doesn...

“I have food to eat that you do not know about. . . . My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.” John 4:32–34...

Guy Playfair wrote about an occasion when he was inside the Hodgsons' house while investigating the Enfield Poltergeist . He's contr...

"[My book] has weaknesses, but there are times when it is better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly. Mistakes can...

It's one thing to be worn out because you've done a lot of work. It's another thing to be worn out because you've done a sma...

"even a general in battle loves that soldier who returns after fleeing and presses the enemy bravely, more than the one who never turne...

It's often suggested that more apologetic work isn't needed in a certain context, since there are so many web sites that have addres...

"The shepherds hasten; they desire to see with all the fervour of their intellect the advent of the Christ whom they have understood. F...

"The best things have to be dug for. If you rake, you get leaves. If you dig, you get diamonds. And if you've got a raking mind, yo...

"It is no common zeal for the house of God which ought to penetrate and engross the hearts of believers. When, therefore, the Divine gl...

"Alas! that Christians should stand at the door of eternity, having more work upon their hands than their time is sufficient for, and y...

"What the arms of Rome could not do against Hannibal, his Capuan holidays are said to have accomplished; his soldiers were conquered by...

"Now, why are these verses [Isaiah 1:29-31] so confrontational? You can ask that question of so many passages in the Bible, especially ...

We're getting another round of widespread media coverage of a war, this time in Israel. Like the large amount of coverage of the war in ...

"When I ever hear a young person say 'I'm bored', my response to them was always 'I haven't been bored since 1978....

If you're so moved by fictional characters accomplishing things that are supposed to be great in fictional books and movies, what are yo...

One of the reasons for the problem I referred to in my post yesterday is that the media, talk radio, and other sources keep treating politi...

"Let us not then seek relaxation: for Christ promised tribulation to His disciples and Paul says, 'All who will live godly in Chris...

"Is this not a beautiful thing, when a man has a great, worthy, single passion in life and burns for it all the way to the end?...I wou...

I discussed the subject of urgency in a recent thread . It wasn't just about Evangelicals, but the lack of urgency among Evangelicals in...