I consider the Biology of Belief to be an important book. For many years, I have heard the statement from Dr. Lipton, a Ph. D. cell biologist formerly of Stanford, that a person always does what he or she believes in …
A Most Momentous Month, May 2023
The most momentous day in history during my lifetime and maybe in centuries will take place on May 28, 2023. On this day, over 100 million people will be networked for fasting and prayer for the salvation of Israel. Here …
Congregational and Leadership Government and Accountability
The teaching course on government and accountability in congregations is called polity. To graduate and be ordained in the association I joined (Presbyterian, 1972), I had to take a course in polity. My first congregation, The First Hebrew Christian Church in …
The Meaning of Woke and a Biblical World View
Recently a conservative who was speaking against woke-ism was asked to define it. He hemmed and hawed when trying to define it, but I did not blame him. It is complex and not easy to define. Woke-ism is a combination …
Take all the Land Now
Some Christian Zionists and some Messianic Jews have a very strident position on possessing the Land promised to our people. Their attitude is to take all the Land and don’t worry much about the Arab population in Samaria and Judea. …
The Clash of Worldviews
Recently there were two media reports that show world view implications. In the first report a Catholic school in Canada suspended a student who said that the Bible teaches that there are two sexes and there are not other genders …
Are we moving to an amazing replay of first century Israel history?
It is commonly taught that we are seeing a lineup of nations against Israel, a setup that seems like a replay of the first century but with one amazing difference. Instead of Jerusalem’s destruction, the last days’ final war against …
Charismatic in Name Only
It was the end of October 1967. I was in a time of great skepticism as I worked hard on courses in my junior year at Wheaton College. A chapel forum included the pastor of a nearby church who claimed …
Humanist Manifesto and a Woke Left Creed
Some years ago a group of atheists, agnostic leaders, and scholars got together and produced a Humanist Manifesto. It was first written in the 1930s but was later revised in the 1970s. Though the humanists say it is not a …
Democratic Tyranny
My followers are usually very interested in Israel and know there is quite a controversy about judicial reform in Israel. The divide is intense. To put this in a better perspective, it is worthwhile to review the system in the …