Faith without doubt is not faith, but certainty. And certainty, as you intimate, is never completely true.

The question is, "So what?" A guy dies horribly, and three days later, some friends of his see him alive. 2000 years ago. "So what?" That is the real question. The endless arguments about Jesus' existence tend to rely on either "it's not possible" or "it has to be real"…

Interesting exegesis of El Shaddai... and a valiant attempt to address Dan's good questions. I've been where he is, and now I'm there again, caring for a beloved with cancer. In my new book Choose the Narrow Path, I spend a lot of time on this issue. In a nutshell…

I was 11, staying home from school because I was sick, as I often was then. My sisters came home early from school, crying. I asked why. When they told me, I said that I didn't believe them. So we turned on the TV—our family's first—and watched hours of coverage…

Sorry, but having preached sermons for 40 years, I don't recall ever "bashing other Christians." Unless you mean calling out our collective failures to follow Christ... starting with mine. A good sermon is first the preacher preaching to themselves.

I think a lot of these comments are off the mark. Just keep loving your wife, as much as it hurts. And many of us will continue to pray for her and for you. That too is where God is.

Christianity, as a global phenomenon, is growing. In its historic centers, the Middle East and Europe, it's shrinking. That leads to the trope that this is because of (a) western decadence, and (b) Islamic predation. Or simply, (c), "our" form of Christianity is the true one, which is why God…

I think you are right to upbraid Dan for attempting to defend the indefensible. And the story about your mother is horrifying... I want to say I am sorry but that seems so inadequate.

[This is the thirteenth in a series on marriage, love, and God.] “We are a mammal who can bear false witness,” wrote George Steiner.[1] We should say that we are the only animal that can. “Figures don’t lie but liars figure,” says the proverb. To tell a lie you need…