Mark W. Meier

There’s a guy I know who is a very negative person. I’ll show a short video that ends really great, and he inevitably replies with...

A book I read a couple of decades ago had a Klingon proverb that could be translated into, “That which doesn’t grow, dies.” The context...

What’s the difference? How can you tell? Does Satan have a pointed tail, a red body, and carry a trident or pitchfork? All valid...

One could argue the first sacrifice was the animals which provided Adam and Eve with clothing. This happened right after the first sin...

A number of years ago I read about a parenting technique on how to get kids to do something. The example went like this: If you have a...

That’s a question every Christian needs to ask themselves. Paul’s letter to the Christians in Ephesus starts out by telling us/them who...

There are a lot of places in the Bible where God kills people for what to modern Americans seems trivial reasons. So why is that? Please...

I’ve heard it said, “Justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is NOT getting what you deserve. Grace is getting what you don’t...

Or (if I may channel the old Rocky & Bullwinkle show) Hold My Beer. God wants us to live life to the full. That concept is all over the...

I’ve been reading a book about the OT character of Joshua. Here’s a passage which I think hit me the most (so far): Starting at the...

Who was Abraham? In short, he was a nobody. He was the kid of a guy (Terah) who (according to Jewish legends) made idols (teraphim -...

One of the biggest objections skeptics voice about Christianity is that the Star of Bethlehem was so bright, why is it not mentioned by...

I’ve always been a “good” person. My sisters will disagree, of course, but that’s because they could see me when I wasn’t in public....

I grew up in rural Wisconsin. It’s far from rural these days, but I-90 was almost brand new and the freeway from Onalaska to Holmen was...

The last couple of weeks I’ve been talking to people who think they know better than the Bible, and those who whine about not hearing...

Last week I wrote about how a private doesn’t get to second-guess the officers in an army. The same way, a Christian doesn’t get to pick...

When a person firsts enlists in an army they don’t know anything about being a soldier. One of the purposes of “boot camp” is to break...

In the beginning God made everything, including the rules. One of the rules was cause and effect. Hold out a brick and let go, it will...

Ever see a young child after he (or she) has been punished by a parent? Before they’re old enough to learn resentment they take the...

For those who don’t already know it, I’m an author. A long time ago I wrote what’s called “fan fiction,” but that’s before I knew there...