Albert Einstein once said “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing…so is a lot.” I was in a discussion with a gentleman recently regarding his mantra “I’d rather know God than know about God. I’ve traded my theology in for theognosis.” The discussion remained civil except for the pedantc “claims” made by some random atheists who spouted the oft-repeated and long-time defeated arguments of their kind but I digress. The main topic of discussion is the necessity of theological discourse for the average Christian. Whether it be big words, conc...

Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 I never come to Christmas without thinking of the thousands of people who are lonely and troubled at this time of year. I have had psychiatrists tell me their schedules are overloaded with people who find the Christmas season almost more than they can bear because of their loneliness and isolation Christmas is God’s reminder that we are not alone. God revealed in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus a reconciling love that rescues us from separation and loneliness. We are not alone; God...

I am the bread of life. John 6:35 Jesus came to the world so we could know, once and for all, that God is concerned about the way we live, the way we believe, and the way we die. God could have told us in other ways, of course – and He had, throughout the pages of the Old Testament and in the lives of His people. By His written Word He declared His love. But Jesus was the Living Word. By His life, death, and resurrection, Jesus demonstrated God’s love in a way we could never deny. Paul wrote, “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for...

“The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget” by Kent Nerburn Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a pick up at a building that was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk once or twice, wait a minute, then drive away. But I had seen too many impoverished people who depended on taxis as their only means of transportation. Unless a situation smelled of danger, I always went to the door. This passenger might be someone who needs my assistance, I reasoned to myself....

“Peace…I have escaped the thing of which you speak, and I feel as if I had escaped a mad and furious master.” – Cephalus (Plato’s Republic ) Sadly, this is my vision of love. I realize that this sounds bitter, though that is one thing that I’m certainly not. While love is something completely welcomed, there is a definite peace that can be obtained by losing it. Loss of love is supposed to be saddening, and loss of love is just that: a loss. But it can certainly be argued that there is gain to be had in the procurement of said peace. I feel about fa...