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Why does God allow us to suffer?  Sometimes it seems like he wants us to suffer.  Is God cruel?  Is God a sadist?  He even planned that his… — December 11, 2012

What do I have to be thankful for?  These past few months have been the worst period of my life.  A time of despair and gloom.  Thanksgiving?  No… — November 21, 2012

"POWER, UNLIMITED POWER!"  These words are uttered as Emperor Palpatine kills Mace Windu and throws him out the window in Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith.  These words… — November 2, 2012

Greetings from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy! Thanks to Sandy we lost power on Monday evening and we're still without power now on Thursday. (I'm writing this from… — November 1, 2012

I've moved too much. 1) From Lexington, KY, to Downers Grove, IL (age 1). 2) From Downers Grove, to Ames, IA (age 5). 3) From Ames to Bowie,… — July 18, 2012

Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways (Psalm 119:37 ESV). What worthless things do you look at?  (Not counting this… — July 9, 2012

A group of boys come up to Elisha the prophet, call him "Baldy", so he sics a couple of she-bears on these nasty boys.  What's up with that? … — June 7, 2012

Are smart phones dumb?  Are dumb phones smart?  (Asking the big questions here.) This is the 3rd of a series of Luddite Chronicles.  The Luddites were opposed to… — June 4, 2012

Monetizing--don't you love taking a noun and making it into a verb?  I call it "verbizing."  In a few years you'll find "verbize" in Websters and you can say… — May 29, 2012

I cling to your decrees, O LORD; let me not be put to shame (Psalm 119:30 NRSV). "Fly, you fools!"  Our son Nathan exclaimed as he was clinging… — May 21, 2012

In the spirit of God Behaving Badly, several people have mentioned versions of this chart to me, One of the atheists mentioned it to me while I was… — May 18, 2012

The Luddites were English textile workers who violently opposed mechanization of their industry between 1811-1816.  They liked to smash things, automated looms usually.  The movement was so popular that… — April 24, 2012

In one of my classes I recently gave the assignment of writing a blog post telling a personal story.  This post is from a Korean student, David Kim.  It felt… — April 4, 2012

Jeremy Lin was involved with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship when he was at Harvard.  To read more about his IV connection, check out this link: Jeremy Lin's InterVarsity Roots -… — March 14, 2012

If you like both NCAA basketball and church history, here's something to bring those two disparate worlds together: Lent Madness.  Click here: Lent Madness.  It's a 32-team bracket… — February 28, 2012

What Are You Looking For? Here is my most recent blog on Biblical Seminary's Faculty blog.  Check out what Jesus' first and last words in John's gospel have in… — January 27, 2012

In November 2010, I visited the home of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Atlanta for the first time during the Society of Biblical Literature conference.  I was struck… — January 16, 2012

Gregg Doyel of CBS Sports.com is always fun to read.  He's a bit like Tebow, people either love him or hate him.  With this article, Doyle scores a… — January 9, 2012