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…

Posted on 08 November 2009
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…
Posted on 07 November 2009
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…
Posted on 06 November 2009
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,…
Posted on 05 November 2009
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.” …
Posted on 04 November 2009
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…
Posted on 31 October 2009
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…
Posted on 30 October 2009
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…
Posted on 29 October 2009
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…
Posted on 28 October 2009
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,…
Posted on 28 October 2009
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…