God is Hiding in Plain Sight In The Fiddler in the Subway, Gene Weingarten recounts the story of Joshua Bell, a celebrated violinist who traded the grandeur of sold-out concert halls for the humdrum of a Washington, D.C. subway station. … Continue reading →
As a boy, I used to make fishing sinkers from lead-head nails that I melted using my father’s kerosene blow torch. I loved watching the surface start to soften then melt into a liquid pool of metal. When that had … Continue reading →
So asked the serpent in Genesis ch3 and as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. So much of what we Christians are told we must do is not much different from the serpent’s famous words. Let’s … Continue reading →
Have you ever checked the Statements of Faith of churches? Chances are that you will have seen that the first line says something about the Bible being the Word of God with descriptors including ‘inerrant’, ‘infallible’ or ‘inspired’. It is … Continue reading →
In CS Lewis’s “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe”, Narnia is under a curse from the White Witch, causing it to always be winter and never spring. The citizens of Narnia lament the fact that spring never comes, but … Continue reading →
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” … or so they say What about the Bible? Is it also in the eye of the beholder? Given the range of interpretations that abound, it seems that the answer is yes. … Continue reading →
Striving to be faithful to the Bible is very important to most Christians, and for many, it is the easiest way to measure their faithfulness to God. The logic goes like this: I want to be faithful to God, and … Continue reading →