Rick Mattson Outreach Ministry

Recently I finished a study of the OT book of Numbers, which concerns the ordering of a society (Israel) during ...

At the prompting of commenter Susanna in the prior post, I’d like to offer some additional thoughts on the two ...

InterVarsity granted me a sabbatical from my regular duties for most of April through August of this year. Three observations ...

Previous post: Part 5: From Here to Eternity I’ve included below a prayer of faith-dedication that I hope you’ll consider. ...

Previous post, Part 4: Head, Heart, and Suffering The decades since my conversion have brought mostly blessings to my life, ...

Previous post, Part 3: History and Faith Back to my college-age self, I felt a boost of confidence in the ...

Previous post, Part 2: Renewal In those early days, faith was, for me, based mostly on emotion. Even truths such ...

Previous Post: Part 1 Had I not been in such a lowly state of mind, I might not have found ...

When I was a boy of seven or eight years old, my dad told me a story that I never ...

-- Part 2 of this series is here Many people in the University start their thinking with something like this: ...