“Sure wish Christmas would come more than once a year!” Do you really? “Yep, as you always say.” You know it only came once—at Bethlehem. “Well, yeah . .. .but . .. .” I know what you mean, but it’s strange how we want “it” more than once. When you say that, the question becomes, …
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Obviously, some young people bring early death upon themselves by their lifestyles–overdosing, drinking and driving, and so forth. But what of those who live an exemplary life–who love Christ and seek to serve him? Why would God take them out of the world when they possibly could do so much good? Their deaths aren’t always …
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Accusation: What you are doing isn’t really unique. It’s only a species of Behaviorism. This false charge has been made by those who have a propensity to lump together all things that sound similar. Their problem—and it’s a serious one—is that they read and think carelessly. They have little power of discernment; they do not …
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The various popular approaches to biblical theology affect preaching—some for good, some for ill. I would like to discuss one danger I have noticed and to suggest a corrective to it. The general problem is that the sermons of some who become enamored with biblical-theological preaching turn out to be journeys that follow the trail …
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The Christian Approach to Schizophrenia (Originally published in The Construction of Madness: Emerging Conceptions and Interventions into the Psychotic Process. University of Maine, 1976.) The word “schizophrenia” has become a non-specific wastebasket term covering a multitude of problems (and often covering up a vast amount of ignorance) that have but one common denominator: the inability …
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