Stories

“Love the sinner, hate the sin.” I get it, in theory. But because sin, by definition, is an act committed by a human being, it can be challenging—in practice—to separate the two: sinner and their sin. When a person commits a transgression—against me, against...

During World War II the world was in a state of unbelief and denial concerning the plight of Europe’s Jews. The stories that were told spoke of such inhumane treatment and torture that it seemed impossible for humans to treat other humans that...

In our world, it’s not difficult to leave Jesus out of the wonderful and humane efforts we undertake to help people in desperate situations. While it may be possible to be pro-life without being pro-Jesus, the opposite is not true. It is impossible to be...

Built into the the Gospel message is what I call the sanctity-of-human-life message: the theology that all human life, from conception to natural death, is of great value to God. The integration of these two messages—Jesus and life—becomes clear as we...