This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a significant milestone in our nation's history. As Christians, occasions like this give us an opportunity to pause, reflect, and most importantly, give thanks to God for His providential care throughout the generations....

Who is Melchizedek, this shadowy king who moves through the biblical story? He appears out of nowhere, blesses the father of the faithful, collects a tithe, lives at Mount Moriah, and then vanishes....

There is an entire class of conflict entrepreneurs who spawn polarization, brush off nuance, and foster fights. The method for attention is to be intensely loved and intensively hated. This is accomplished, first, by giving a great deal of trouble to everybody. And second, by giving a special sort of trouble to those people who agree with them in nearly everything....

The vision of this empty deceit looks something like this: a young man sunken into a couch, vape pen in hand, Reese’s Cup flavored energy drink within reach, two screens running simultaneously, live betting on one, something pornographic on the other, while somewhere in the background a refrigerator the size of a small room slowly fills with food that will be forgotten and thrown away untouched....

God’s world has many hidden or unappreciated forms contained in it, from the tiny creatures scurrying along the forest floor, to euphonious harmonies of backup singers, to nature and its proportion, and the radiance of the cosmos. The artist's job is to abstract these things and apply them in creative ways....