by Stuart | 2 May 2022 | 2 Peter, Devotionals
Several months ago, a church member sent me a photograph of a book and asked if I recommended its author. The book was titled Conversations with God (Book 3): An Uncommon Dialogue by Neale Donald Walsch. Walsch claims that the Conversations with God books are inspired...
by Stuart | 29 Apr 2022 | 2 Peter, Devotionals
Back in 2015, a three-year-old memory whizz appeared on Ellen and completely dazzled the host with her ability to retain information. She told Ellen that she had memorised all the states and capitals, all the US presidents, and even the entire periodic table of...
by Stuart | 28 Apr 2022 | 2 Peter, Devotionals
Throughout new covenant history, various Christian groups and denominations have held to some form of Christian perfectionism—that is, the teaching that, in one way or another, it is possible for a Christian, this side of the grave, to attain perfection. Some have...
by Stuart | 27 Apr 2022 | 2 Peter, Devotionals
John Montagu was the fourth Earl of Sandwich from 1729 to 1792. He is known to have had a gambling addiction. It is said that, in 1762, as he sat for hours at the card table, he asked the house cook to bring something he could eat without getting up. The cook placed...
by Stuart | 26 Apr 2022 | 2 Peter, Devotionals
Recently, Phil Zuckerman, writing for Salon.com, argued that hard-core secularists have displayed better morality in recent years than devout Christians. He writes, While most people assume that … morality is grounded in religious faith, and while it is certainly true...
