“I thought we were the good guys.” Samantha Laruso (Mary Mouser) shares her disillusionment with her dad, Daniel (Ralph Macchio) in the first episode of season three of the Netflix series Cobra Kai. Her hopes …
Growing up in a small Pentecostal church in rural Arkansas provided me with a biblical education that emphasized the more spectacular elements of Scripture. Fire from heaven. Giants falling. Kings rising and collapsing. The Old …
A Christian college trend There is a disturbing trend that I have noticed at Christian colleges. It is a trend that has been confirmed to me by other professors with whom I have spoken. Most …
“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ‘For I was hungry, and …
This past Friday, I received the following message from Molly Steenson, CEO & President of the American Swedish Institute, my neighbor and venerable Twin Cities institution, which is ten blocks from the murder site of …
“Time, like an ever-rolling stream,Bears all its sons away;They fly forgotten, as a dreamDies at opening day.”—Isaac Watts January of 2026 ended heavily with national tension and grief. Not for me personally, and not directly …
The GOP Reinvents Itself Though I’ve brokered many disappointments in the last ten years, none has been so acute as seeing roughly half my friends and extended family members exchanging the “compassionate conservatism” for which …
“Are you okay?” Reportedly, those were the last words of Alex Pretti as he sought to protect two women who were being assaulted by government agents. I am not okay. No one should be okay …
Selective Reasoning in Churches A few weeks ago, I visited a small rural Kentucky city where my daughter attends college. Since she hadn’t yet selected a church, I tried to help her identify several nearby …
Eugene Peterson once observed, “We live in a culture that has replaced soul with self. This reduction turns people into either problems or consumers.” He warned that once this exchange is accepted, even politely and …