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Shouldn’t We First and Foremost Pray for Terrorists?

September 1, 2004

What you say doesn’t only apply to terrorists, but to abortionists, homosexual activists, persecutors, rapists, serial killers and everyone else who has an agenda that dishonors God and violates his Word. We should certainly pray for everyone’s repentance.

Counseling With Suffering People

December 1, 2003

I begin with five assumptions. Without them, what I have to say about counseling and suffering will not stand.

The God I Love

July 19, 2003

Lord, your no answer to physical healing meant yes to a deeper healing

That Great Steel Cross: More Reflections On The Calamity Of September 11

September 4, 2002

Not surprisingly God and suffering were prominent in the commemorations of 9/11. But missing from most was the observation that there were greater horrors in 2001. This is not to minimize the pain of 9/11 but to sharpen the problem of suffering.

A Mother's Heartache...A Longing for Heaven

August 16, 2002

I am writing you this letter so that I will never forget a single part of your short little life within me. Because of you I will never be the same.

A Life Given . . .

December 16, 2001

On the Slave Coast of West Africa in 1880, a land governed by witchcraft and superstition and where human life was cheap, torture by poisoning and boiling oil was the order of the day.

Where Was God?: Reflections on God's Goodness and Terrorism

September 18, 2001

This weekend I received a call from a Christian friend who was deeply troubled. The husband of a woman to whom she had been witnessing had been killed in the World Trade Center attack.

Why I Do Not Say, "God Did Not Cause the Calamity, But He Can Use It for Good."

September 17, 2001

Many Christians are speaking this way about the murderous destruction of the World Trade Towers on September 11, 2001. God did not cause it, but he can use it for good. There are two reasons I do not say this.

How to Pray in the Midst of Crisis

September 14, 2001

How do you pray in the midst of crisis? More than any other portion of Scripture, Psalms shows us how. Beginning with Psalm 3, and over and over again until Psalm 149, we find the psalmist crying out to the Lord in various dire circumstances.

A Christian Response to Terrorism

September 11, 2001

This is the most difficult day of my life. That apparent terrorist attacks could bring such death and destruction to unsuspecting people is absolutely unthinkable. Yet the numbers of the dead and wounded from these attacks will be extraordinary.