These images dramatically contrast Singapore and Malaysia. These two places are less than 20 miles apart, yet they might as well be on different planets. Comfortable, pleasant, big, wealthy Singapore stands as a towering icon of capitalism. But right across the border is another world – a world left to survive in squalor. These are…
Today I had the honor and pleasure of accompanying my friend, Anthony Hodge, while we took food to many elderly and sick people in his home town. Anthony is the sole force behind Finding the Lost Sheep. His is a story of God’s direct hand of intervention in a life going down the drain. I…
Most of us don’t realize that vast populations of the world still practice explicit idolatry. On my recent trip, I can across these images. They tell the story.
Some of you asked about the passage Isaiah 9:6 and the compound name in that verse. Here is a look at that name, written around Christmas 2007. For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be…
The conversation was intense. I found myself saying “No, that’s not right,” over and over. I argued the points, often being forceful without consideration for the convictions of my friend, because I knew that I was right. Of course, he thought the same about his position, but I tend to be very aggressive and assertive…
Israel’s greatest struggle was idolatry. We often imagine that idolatry is relegated to those terrible pagans who don’t know the Lord, but Israel’s history should teach us otherwise. The same people who heard His voice at Sinai offered sacrifices to the gods of Canaan, Assyria and Babylon. Were they just being perverse? Were they simply…
Window Shopping at 36,000 feet
I’m allowed. Once a year I am allowed to collect my thoughts about the previous months of work and interaction and communicate them with you. This year has been an exceptionally fulfilling – and pointedly difficult – time. I am thrilled, overjoyed and encouraged by the outpouring of community involvement of the readers of Today’s…
With all the recent discussion following the Today’s Word Measure for Measure, I thought it appropriate to post this article I wrote many years ago. God of the Past More than 30 years ago, Wolfhart Pannenberg wrote the book that was translated into English as Jesus – God and Man. On page 230 of that…
