Hard to believe, but our twin daughters Elizabeth and Anna are 1 year old today.  It has been quite a year and more fun than Stephane and I ever could have imagined.  All we can say is glory be to God for his faithfulness and the precious gift of children. Continue reading Happy Birthday Elizabeth and Anna!

In the 1950s, Yale’s H. Richard Niebuhr described the so-called “gospel” of Protestant liberalism poignantly: “A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross.”  Each clause is telling.  First, more like Mr. Rogers than the judge of all the earth, the sentimental deity of many Americans is incapable of wrath.  Since he … Continue reading The so-called “gospel” of Protestant liberalism

Several years ago, a good friend of mine alerted me to a book he was reading.  The book was Denial of Death by Ernest Becker and to say the least, my friend found it engaging.  To this day I have not read the book, however, I do like the title.  I really believe that most people live in denial of death.  Most people are willing … Continue reading Numbering Our Days