Mrs. Reed was the meanest teacher I'd ever had. All my other teachers had given us hugs and seemed to know how we were feeling, even if we never said. In Mrs. Reed's second-grade classroom, little blue Smurfs lined the wall, each of their white hats displaying a name. Three…
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Thomas got a bad rap. At least, that’s the way I’ve always felt. Maybe it’s because I identify with him more than any of the other original twelve. On the day of Jesus’ resurrection, Mary Magdalene goes to His tomb and finds the stone removed. So she runs and tells…
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"The perpetual delusion of humanity is thinking we are better off hiding than confessing, avoiding rather than facing, clinging to our sickness instead of taking the remedy that's freely given and readily available." -Mark Buchanan I love that Jesus said "I tell you the truth" 78 times in Scripture.…
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Our most cherished beliefs as Americans – equality and human rights, the value of the individual, limited government, freedom – are branches of a tree with Christian roots. The founders believed these truths could be grasped by reason apart from special revelation. They are public, even self-evident, truths and not…
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When I was ten, my family lived on Parkside Avenue in Brooklyn near Prospect Park. We live in a small railroad apartment, so called because it had three narrow rooms in a straight line, like boxcars. My older brother, younger sister, and I shared the only real bedroom. My parents…
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Born without arms and with shortened legs, Chet McDoniel inspires, motivates, and entertains people with a valuable message of self-worth and wholeness amidst a broken world. He appears this Thursday on LIFE TODAY. Have you heard the story of the two shoe salesmen? Two guys from two different companies fly…
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It is said, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Is it? Or is it paved with justifications by Christians? I recently posted some information that I found incredibly disappointing. I found out that a Christian company called “Thirty-One Gifts” is giving money to groups that fund Planned…
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“I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.” (Luke 7:47) Of all the women mentioned in the New Testament, few compare with Mary of Magdala. Set along the Sea of…
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Some days, I don’t feel like a light. I know that Jesus said to His followers, “You are the light of the world,”1 but can that really apply to you and me? It’s easy to be afraid to shine. We know the dirt of our thoughts, words, and actions. We…
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Many religious leaders and experts of the Old Testament law expected a Messiah who would cast off the oppression of the Romans and establish an earthly kingdom. Instead, Jesus spoke of an invisible kingdom and died on a cross like a common criminal. He was, in the view of many,…
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