life

In 1997, Rosaria Butterfield was a professor at Syracuse University. She was in a long-term lesbian relationship, an active member of a Unitarian Universalist cult, and hostile to Christianity.…

On February 28th, 1991, Ruth Carpenter stepped into her boss’ office and entered every parent’s worst nightmare. Two uniformed Army officers had come to tell her that her youngest…

What makes a hymn a good hymn?  In the first place, the lyrics must be theologically true and weighty. The lyrics must faithfully express biblical truth, and they must…

If there’s one hymn I’d like sung at my funeral, this is it. When you get a diagnosis of cancer or you are persecuted because of your biblical worldview…

In the summer of 2017, my father died rather suddenly. It became my responsibility both to design the funeral service and preach the sermon. My father and I had…