King David and our future King: Article 1
In an amazing way, David himself teaches us about the Messiah. “Hail to the Lord’s anointed, great David’s greater Son!” the Epiphany hymn begins (Christian Worship 384). Who is David,…
Parent conversations: How can parents maintain a healthy marriage?
Maintaining a healthy marriage requires work for any couple, but when you add kids into the mix, it can get more challenging because your time is divided into even more…
Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 6: Evolution and the thoughtful Christian
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5). The last…
Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 5: Home field advantage
First and ten for the New York Giants on the 55-yard line. Wait. What?! Football fields don’t have 55-yard lines. That is, unless it’s a game in the Canadian Football…
Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 4: Does faith hinder scientific discovery?
Back when folks wore hats and overcoats, they laid them aside when they entered a theater or restaurant. They would check their outerwear at the Coat Check so they could…
WELS podcasts: 2 steps forward with James and Ade
Podcast: 2 steps forward with James and Ade Hosts: James and Ade Hein Descripton: “James and Ade are walking through the Bible with you 1 chapter at a time, 1 day at a…
Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 3: The misperception of scientific certainty
Why do nonscientists trust science more than scientists do? The media portrays scientific consensus as if it were irrefutable fact. And when searching for certainty, much of the public turns…
Faith and the thinking Christian: Part 2: The limits of science
A friend recently joked that he was going to legally change his name to “The Science.” With so many people claiming they “follow the science” these days, my friend would…
Book nook: Whatever is True: A Christian View of Anxiety
William Woodington writes from years of personal experience dealing with anxiety while he searched for answers in a myriad of self-help books. One of these books especially spoke to Woodington,…