Mark W. Meier

The very term churns my stomach because of the politics surrounding the current usage. Merriam Webster has a definition, Wikipedia has a...

I can’t believe it’s been so long since that movie came out. That’s the year Linda and I were married - it’s even the same month! A...

Perhaps a year ago now I read a sermon by Chuck Smith from Genesis - it was a transcript of what he said. When he was in school he was...

I hate feeding the birds. To get to the feeders, I have to climb up to a precarious position and can barely reach to bring them down....

I posed this question to Linda this morning: Imagine you're at a certain wedding reception in Cana. Just as you're taking a big sip of...

Mark, why would you ask such a stupid question? There wasn’t even an America back then!” “Uh, no. But people treat Him like they expect...

Remember that slogan, “There’s an App for that?” Yeah, I went there. For those who don’t know me well, I have a mind that focuses on the...

There are times I get confused. I write these posts months in advance, and recently I decided to actually schedule them so if I die or...

Anyone can do good things - feed the hungry, donate clothing to the poor, give money to the indigent, or other things that benefit...

I have to admit I was more than mystified when I first heard the term, Born Again. I’m not alone in that. There’s this guy in the Bible,...

How can God be sovereign if we have free will? That’s a question for the philosophers and prophets, right? Good thing I’m a philosopher,...

There’s a passage in the New Testament where Jesus raises the bar on sin. He said it something like this: “If you even CONSIDER sinning,...

One of the issues I have a hard time really comprehending is that God is our Father. I keep thinking, “How can the being who created...

In the ancient world news didn’t travel very fast. Even far more recently battles happened after the war ended. For instance, the Battle...

Originally, my previous post was meant to bring up something completely different. Monte Python fans, insert your line here. . Instead of...

The Bible teaches that the path to destruction is wide, while the path of righteousness is narrow. That’s because there is only one way...

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There’s a tendency these days to equate faith with wishful thinking, and that’s not a good comparison. Biblical faith is not simply...

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