Healing Hereafter

This seems like such an obviously crucial Christian concept, especially coming from an impartial and just God who claims to judge justly (Deuteronomy 32:4, 10:17, 1 Peter 2:23). One cannot judge justly, be he God or not, if he automatically saves or damns particular people or if he uses differing...

When you finish a paper—even a really, really long one—it may feel like you've written a book, but it sure doesn't look like a lovely little tome to crawl up with on the couch, right? It looks like a rather unwieldy, unfriendly blob of text that just keeps slithering up your screen as you scroll...

"How are you today?" "Fine!" But often we aren't fine are we? "I just can't get enough of my wonderful kids!" But often those kids don't act so wonderful and we have had plenty of them, right? "You look so perfect in that outfit!" But often we really don't think so, do we? Let's be real, although...

Aw yeah, when you've had a rough day that brought you to the end of your rope and need you a little something to cheer you right up, nothing satisfies more than a pep talk on original sin, right? Ummm, no. So what is the business with this whole "we're all guilty from the time we're conceived"...

We all remember back to the days of high school chemistry when we learned that enzymes were proteins that worked as catalysts to lower the activation energy required to produce a chemical reaction. OK, actually me and like 6 other people remember that. But what the rest of you certainly will...

I can draw a stegosaurus really well. My Tyrannosaurus skills are on par but nothing special. And that's it. I can't draw anything else worth a squat. And I'm told squats are not worth as much as you might think. Therefore, when I finished the manuscript for Healing Hereafter—proofreading and...

The eternal fate of a deceased child has always been one of the more difficult issues to address in Christianity. The different answers are all very emotionally charged, especially for those who have lost a little one. There are also a lot of assumptions and misconceptions about what the Bible...

About this time of year, I get pretty excited. Up here in the Michigan tundra, it just might snow in October! You see, heralding my arrival into this world was the greatest blizzard this state has ever seen and some of my skin was literally blue when I came out of the womb (I appreciate the...

Most of us know by now that very little of our high school education sticks with us long enough to remember or usefully apply in our adult lives. I can no longer balance a redox reaction or tell you anything at all about Hamlet—besides that probably a lot of people died. But there is one phrase...

IT'S NOT FAIR! The most common category of questions I hear from people regarding what biblically happens to us after we die has to do with God's justice. And quite honestly, most of those questions are very valid and well thought out! When you're dealing with two extremely different destinies...