A person from Illinois recently won the Mega Millions $1.227 billion jackpot. Normally I don’t pay attention to such news, but an article about various kinds of problems that some big lottery winners have faced caught my eye. Here are some examples of big winners and the problems they have faced: On the bright sideContinue reading “Greed and Its Antidote”
Category Archives: Christian Apologetics
And Justice for All
I grew up watching Gunsmoke, which was a Western set in Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1890s. The “good guys” and the “bad guys” were clearly delineated, and every week justice was meted out by Marshall Matt Dillon and his deputies. As a boy, certainly to some degree because of this show, I grew upContinue reading “And Justice for All”
How Should We Evaluate Near-Death Experiences?
A while back, I came across an article about near-death experiences (NDEs). That was not the first time I had heard or thought about them, but the article eventually spurred me on to research NDEs, especially as they relate to stories of people who claim to have visited heaven. Let’s start with a definition ofContinue reading “How Should We Evaluate Near-Death Experiences?”
How Do You Respond to People Asking for a Handout?
I live in a city with a rather large number of homeless people, and it’s inevitable that you will be approached by someone asking for a handout, often in a parking lot in my experience. Several years ago in a church Sunday school class, the teacher/leader asked us the question in the title of thisContinue reading “How Do You Respond to People Asking for a Handout?”
Trusting the Lord When You Have No Control
I think it’s safe to assume that everyone has been in situations where you have no control, some more significant than others. When we who are Christians find ourselves in such circumstances, we have a choice: we can succumb to fear, anxiety, worry, and the like–or we can pray in the Lord’s will and trustContinue reading “Trusting the Lord When You Have No Control”
To the Remnant 