McJesus and the Second Coming

McJesus and the Second Coming

We live in an age of perpetual offence. We are taught to be so wary of offending people that we tend to walk on eggshells around any topic that has the remotest possibility of being offensive. Christians, of course, are rightly wary of offending others. Paul clearly...
The right question

The right question

Recently, the title of a Forbes.com article arrested my attention. Written by Eric Mack, and published under the science category on the Forbes website, the article was titled “New Science Suggests Biblical City of Sodom Was Smote By An Exploding Meteor.” The article...
Getting to the h(e)art of forgiveness

Getting to the h(e)art of forgiveness

It’s happened again. Another celebrity has been subjected to Internet mob justice. Comedian Kevin Hart was recently invited to host the 2019 Academy Awards. Predictably, masses of people began scrolling through records of everything Hart had ever said or written to...
The cost of prayer

The cost of prayer

How much would you pay for a prayer? That is the question that was asked in a recent edition of The Atlantic magazine by Sigal Samuel. The article carried the following sub-heading: “In India, thousands are embracing apps that allow them to pay for a ritual to be...
Dangerous certainty

Dangerous certainty

In 1954, psychologist Leon Festinger read a story in his local newspaper headlined “Prophecy from planet Clarion call to city: flee that flood.” The prophecy emanated from Chicago housewife Dorothy Martin, who, through an experiment with automatic writing, received a...
Devilish devices

Devilish devices

Every now and again, a biblical phrase is lifted out of context to teach things that the writer never intended. Despite President Lincoln’s bold claims, Jesus’ words about a house divided had nothing to do with the American Civil War. Biblical phrases like, “I can do...