Every avalanche begins with a single snowflake…a bit of crystalized water vapor so light that it takes a small eternity to reach the earth. It falls in absolute silence and makes no sound whatever when it lands. Conditions must be perfect for this lone snowflake to be formed and to remain in a frozen state. By itself, it is of no consequence and cannot long exist. It may take many storms, many short, windswept days and long, freezing nights for such flecks of ice,…
The Christian faith is unique in the way that it permits its deity to be portrayed. No tales told of other gods are anything like the picture painted of Christianity’s central figure, Jesus Christ. To say that this portrait is very strange and oddly unflattering is to engage in understatement of the worst kind. Moreover, Christians—and even Christ, himself—have a most peculiar way of enticing others to embrace the faith as their own. To illustrate the point, here is a selective synopsis of Christ’s résumé. Although…
The following is my personal, first-hand account of how Jesus Christ healed me in answer to prayer. The prayer that He powerfully answered in real time was not the first nor the only prayer offered to Him for my healing over a period of 18 months or so. This account is based on a contemporaneous entry in my prayer journal dated two days after the event. It has been lightly edited for readability. IMPORTANT NOTE: I am keenly aware of the sensitivity around…
For thousands of years, most human beings in most times and places the world over have taken for granted the existence of a creator, of good and evil, of death and judgment and an afterlife of endless bliss or eternal consequences. But in the past hundred years or so, a movement has emerged that denies all of this. It is a radical paradigm shift, historically unprecedented in scope, growth rate and societal impact. It is notable for its total disregard for the accumulated wisdom…