Does God deflect three-pointers?

I stand amazed by the persistent notion that God routinely interferes in basketball games, or in any other sports, for that matter. Well-meaning athletes who believe one should give glory to God often express thanks for how God helped them win. When they lose, they...

How Technology Can Discourage Deeper Thinking

Among the wonders to behold over the years in a college classroom has been the presence and use of technology, both in the design of instruction and in its reception. Students are now treated regularly to presentations of information that rival the best of public...

Similar Scenes Hold Two Definitions of Success

The two scenes – one from the past, the other contemporary – are strikingly similar. So are the contrasts. Both involve candidates for political office attending a festival of sorts. The feast scene from the past involves Jews and Gentiles (the text describes them as...

Seeking Justice for Palestinian Christians

Recently I was in Palestine/Israel as a speaker for a conference sponsored by the Bethlehem Bible College titled “ChristattheCheckpoint.” The conference was designed for Palestinian Christians and to converse about the lives they have to live in a very...

Limbaugh or Maher: Whose Misogyny is Worse?

Is Rush Limbaugh’s vulgarity worse than Bill Maher’s vulgarity – or vice versa? Well-known to most are the highly offensive words that Limbaugh used to discredit female Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke. She spoke about her school’s...