What is keeping you from your mission? Give me a minute to consider. Most of our choices we make are between “good” and “good.” Distraction is the greatest enemy of any mission. Back in 2010 I wrote...

Why do I have concerns about hierarchies and taxonomies? Give me a minute to explain (and don’t miss the Afterword). It is important to think about “thinking.” There is a new book out on biblical...

Everyone should have a mission statement. Give me a minute to explain. Recently, I was able to help someone online with their personal mission statement. As I said in my Personal Faith Statement, I...

What anxiety weighs you down? Give me a minute to respond. Studying the original languages and context of passages helps me understand the Bible. Last week, I talked about language study and context,...

“Be anxious for nothing”?! Is that really what the words mean? Give me a minute to explain.   My blood pressure at the endodontist was high. The assistant who gave the news to the doctor seemed...

Does a having a doctorate equal good teaching? Give me a minute to answer. One of the greatest disservices promoted in higher education is the assumption that simply because a person has PhD behind...

Why are the sciences helped by the humanities? Give me a minute to explain. Jessica Hooten Wilson wrote an essay for Public Discourse last year where she pointedly says when it comes to education we...

What we have learned, helps us to continue learning. Give me a minute to explain. Here is what I’ve learned about the application of wisdom. We don’t always know how what we learn now, may help in...

Whenever I hear these words, I am wary. Give me a minute to explain. Henri Nouwen, in his book Out of Solitude says, “When we honestly ask ourselves which people in our lives means the most to us, we...

Laughter depends on order. Give me a minute to explain. The words “cosmic” and “comedic” have similar roots.  “Comedy” comes from the Greek meaning “village” while “cosmos” in the same language...

Why do you think evil is God’s fault? Give me a minute to ask questions in response. When unbelieving students confronted me with questions concerning the problem of evil in my days at public...

Math is one of the great markers of apologetics. Give me a minute to explain. It was the mathematicians who stayed after to talk in my biblical integration teaching at Liberty University. The math...

What’s my job as a professor? Give me a minute to explain. My job, as a professor, is to hold a mirror up to myself and my students, asking each one of us to be honest about our beliefs. We may not...

Are you a YouTube commercial, advertising your beliefs? Give me a minute to explain. Sports teams and race car drivers wear the names of advertisers on their uniforms. And I wonder what kind of...

Before I open a book, this is what I do. Give me a minute to explain. Thomas Aquinas wrote “A Prayer Before Study” where he prayed, “Grant to me keenness of mind, capacity to remember, skill in...

Weather is constantly changing. But we don’t like change. Give Me a Minute to explain why. In her letters Flannery O’Connor stated, “All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us...

What would you do? How far would you go? Give me a minute to explain. The word “commitment” reminds me of a scene in Lois Lowry’s Number the Stars: “To protect her Jewish friend, a Christian girl...

The natural world comes from The Supernatural God. Give me a minute to explain. Did you know it takes all of your over 600 muscles plus your brain to make your body run? The human body plan explained...

What to say and how to say it. Give me a minute to explain my approach to social media. Here are seven of my approaches to social media. (1) I will *never* apologize for communicating a biblical...