The New Year is coming, and I’m taking steps to make it a year of blessing. I want another year of growing in my passion for Jesus Christ. Do you ever worry that, like the churches in Revelation, your passion may have become lukewarm? It’s a common concern for Christians. It happened to those early […]
Author: Cody Libolt
Drawing Lines on Islam
A logic puzzle: What would you think if someone told you the following? I follow the Koran. The Koran tells me to lie, cheat, steal and kill in order to conquer you. I don’t want to do any of that. What is the status of such a claim?
Refugees and Reporting
Like me, you’re probably wanting to know what’s happening with the Syrian refugees. These are people. Families. If you’ve seen a picture of a three-year-old Syrian boy dead, you know that something absolutely must be done. We should be ashamed if our hearts were not big enough to help these human beings—these image-bearers of God […]
Certainty, Judgment, and Planned Parenthood
Let the little children come to me,” said Jesus (Matthew 19:14). But see what happens to a nation when it ignores the heart of God. Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: And the […]
How to Surrender No Premise
When disputing or discussing, it’s common to grant an opponent’s premise for the sake of argument. But we don’t always need to, and it’s not always desirable. Take this example: One who supports “Planned Parenthood” and the harvesting of infant body parts argues as follows: “I thought that according to Christianity all babies go to […]