Exploring, defending, and trying to live by a Christian worldview
When you read the title of this post, you probably know what I mean. You know there’s a war you’re fighting right now. Maybe you’re fighting a war with anxiety, whether over the current COVID pandemic or something else. Maybe you’re fighting a war with temptation to sin. Maybe you’re fighting a war with laziness. Maybe you’re fighting a war […]
I’ve recently written an 8-part series on arguments for the existence of God. Those posts are in-depth examinations of eight different arguments for God’s existence. Here, I want to lay out some of them in a much briefer form and share what I think are ten of the best. Note the order of the title: I’m calling this “Ten Top […]
You’re almost certainly not going to die from coronavirus. Nevertheless, at youth group this Wednesday, as I saw one of our students scrolling through his news feed, I pointed out that—no exaggeration—every other story had something to do with coronavirus. Clearly, this new disease is on everyone’s minds, and it’s having an incredible effect on the world—even the stock markets […]
A disclaimer: While there’s nothing in this post I wouldn’t say to a group of teenagers, it is still about sexuality. So read it with that in mind. The secret war Jesus said: You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has […]
Since this is 2020, an election year in the United States, there’s going to be a lot of talk on social media feeds about ideology. It won’t just be political ideology, nor will it be limited to political issues. That’s because in 2020, we are convinced that political opinions are just the surface-level expression of a deeper ideology held by […]
December 29, 2019 The modern Christmas is built around stories–magical stories, mythical stories. A reindeer with a glowing red nose. A green furry microcardial humanoid in a cave. A greedy miser who is changed by encounters with three ghosts on Christmas Eve night. A talking snowman who outsmarts an evil magician. A couple of feuding brothers who make sure Michigan […]
You’ve probably heard of the problem of evil. In fact, you’ve no doubt wrestled with it yourself before. Anyone who’s experienced evil has. If there is an all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving, and perfectly good God who created and rules over this world, then why is there so much evil, pain, and suffering in it? This may be the most powerful and […]
What is beautiful? Certainly you can think of many things. Maybe you think visual beauty: something like the sun setting over the hills, a majestic snow-capped mountain range, a magnificent city skyline, your spouse or significant other. You may think of auditory beauty: Something like your favorite song or the sound of the gentle waves of the ocean rolling in […]
We all have our own unique desires. I desire to see the Cleveland Indians win the World Series, I desire a snowstorm, and I desire to read a good book. Most people I know do not happen to share those desires! Yet there are some desires that are common to everyone. In fact, it might not even be correct to […]
Here’s a form of a narrative you’ll hear increasingly commonly in the popular media and, often, scientific authorities. It goes something like this: The first life forms began when the necessary organic materials came together and began to sustain themselves and reproduce. Over billions of years, these organisms adapted and evolved to survive in their ever-changing environment, eventually acquiring a […]
Just another jar of clay, named Clay. I’m a Christ-follower who messes up a lot, blessed to be a husband and youth worker, trying to share the message that saved me. My aim with this blog is to explore how we ought to live and think as Christ-followers in the midst of the realities of today’s world.
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