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

There are matters going on in heaven with God that believer’s know nothing about; yet, they affect their lives. Even the best effort at explaining the issues of life can be useless. God’s people do suffer.  Bad things happen all the time to good people, so one cannot judge a person’s spirituality by his painful circumstances or successes. Even though God seems far away, perseverance … Continue reading Lessons From the Book of Job