https://youtu.be/gdgPAetNY5U In this powerful video Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor discusses the unimaginable horrors she faced at the hands of the Nazis at the infamous concentration camp Auschwitz. Within about a half hour of arriving she was separated from her mother, father, and her older sisters who she never saw again. Eva and her twin…
the war on babies
In July 2015 I had the opportunity to participate in some sidewalk counseling in front of an abortion clinic in Dallas called the Southwestern Women's Surgery Center (SWSC). If you're not familiar with it, sidewalk counseling is the practice where one or multiple individuals stand near an abortion clinic and talk with those entering and…
the meaning of life, the universe, and everything
In the cult classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, there is a story about an immensely powerful computer called "Deep Thought" that is tasked with coming up with the answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. In the story, Deep Thought agrees to take on the problem, but it…
would Jesus support the death penalty?
Would Jesus support the death penalty? That is the question posed by Jonathan Merritt in an article in The Atlantic in 2014. It's an interesting question, and it is reminiscent of the question, "What Would Jesus Do (WWJD)?" that was so often asked in the 1990s. Although it's pretty clear from the get-go where he stands,…
salvation, forgiveness, and chocolate cake
Imagine the very best slice of chocolate cake you've ever had. What if salvation were a chocolate cake? As it says in 1 Peter 2:24, "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed." It is clearly…
Why, God? Why?
When I was seven years old my uncle Gary traveled to Púcuro, Panama to film a video for three American New Tribes Missions families. Dave and Nancy Mankins, Rick and Patti Tenenoff, and Mark and Tania Rich were living in the tiny village near the Panama-Colombia border to teach the Kuna people there about God. This…
a servant of Christ 