Isaiah 45:22

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth!  For I am God, and there is no other.

C.S. Lewis’ Uncle Screwtape remarks that one of the most reliable facets of fallen human character is our horror…

Psalm 26:2

“Prove me, O LORD, and try me;
test my heart and my mind.”

Harry Houdini, among his many other amazing feats, included in his act the opportunity for a strong man from the audience to punch him in the stomach as…

Matthew 24:23-24

Then if any one says to you, ‘Lo, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray,…

Deuteronomy 4:30

When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and obey his voice.

C.S. Lewis said, “Virtue, even attempted virtue, brings light.  Indulgence brings fog.” …

When we hear a phase like “the newest thing” we generally think of the latest TV show, flavor of soda, or computer upgrade. Our culture is profoundly interested in the Newest and Latest. We Americans especially look to the future…

Psalm 23:5

Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
thou anointest my head with oil,
my cup overflows.

Most people don’t think of horror as a genre of literature or film that is particularly agreeable to Christian sensibilities. However, two…

Psalm 100:3

Know that the LORD is God!

Much of what passes for art today is junk. What we see on television or at the movies or in pop music is increasingly about “pushing the outside of the envelope.” That is, it is…

Exodus 15:13

Thou hast led in thy steadfast love the people whom thou hast redeemed,
thou hast guided them by thy strength to thy holy abode.

Paul tells us that the things written in the Old Testament were written for the benefit of…

The devil, so the saying goes, is the ape of God. And so one of his standard methods for deceiving is to create parodies of good things and send them into the world in pairs.

Why parodies? Because he cannot make,…

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.

The great…