I'll never be accused of having a manly body. My mom told me growing up that I had girly legs. I wasn't offended by this observation because I couldn't disagree. Why duck from the truth? One of the things...

This series is simply about things I'm working on. I'm not claiming that "what I'm working on" is anything uniquely important or profound. Yet, I wish I knew more of what others are working on (I'd love to hear...

In the prior post I mentioned three criteria for evaluating religious truth claims: coherence, explanatory ability, and evidence. These criteria, however, are mere concepts. They don't do any work in themselves. A crucial question then is, What is our...

Meta: I'm trying in this series to get at how we think about issues. That's different than examining the issues themselves. Hence "meta" -- to think about our thinking. One day Mormon missionaries came to my door. I invited...

Part 4, "Reverse Evangelism" is here. In evangelistic conversation, start with the Side Door In witness, when you begin a statement with the words, "As a Christian, I . . . ," you're using the Side Door. That is,...

Heaven? The previous post on discerning God's voice is here Recently I was turned from subject to object, from evangelist to evangelized. As is my custom on the golf course, I got talking with my playing partners about the...

The prior post on Discerning God's Voice is here. How do we actually hear God's voice in evangelism? I'd like to suggest that it begins a couple of steps earlier -- in private devotion. John 10:27 says, "My sheep...

In the prior post I told of an encounter I had on an airplane with a world traveler. Thinking I was following God's leading toward a spiritual turn in the convo, the traveler nevertheless stopped me out cold by...