As an attorney for more than 30 years, I have regularly used the Texas Family Code, a systematic statement of family law. The code outlines the law in every circumstance for every citizen of Texas. If we similarly think of Scripture as a legal code, then we must try to harmonize the conflicts within the code, including those surrounding the …

We are commanded to pray, “Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. Thy will be done on earth as it is heaven.” Jesus had one sermon-one proclamation. He announced this Good News over and over: “The Kingdom of God his here . Turn and believe the Good News.” It was never about us going away from the …

The current movie Risen, a cinematic witness to the risen Christ, depicts a fictional Clavius, a Roman soldier, a tribune, walking into the life of Jesus. The movie is obviously made by believers and stays true to the story the Gospels tell. Risen reminds us not only of the world’s fascination with Jesus, but the world’s continuing adoration of Jesus. …

Last year the U.N.’s refugee agency said there were more displaced people worldwide—some 50 million—than at any time since World War Two. The most relevant divide in the world right now is the world of disorder versus the world of order. People are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh trying to get into Thailand and Malaysia; Africans and Arabs are trying to …

It’s quite okay to have our own opinions but it is not okay to have our own “facts.” The number of illegal immigrants flowing into this country is dropping not rising. The flow of total immigrants peaked in 2005 and has been dropping since. The share of immigrants coming from Latin America is falling sharply. Since 2008 more immigrants have …

So what is there about Donald Trump that makes sense? He reflects the age of truth invention- what my wife calls truth decay; the hypermodern world. He declares he is a Christian referring to “that little cracker” in a way that only a six year old typically refers to the Eucharist. He rants at the Pope declaring he is a …

An attractive 15 year female gives a testimony at a Christian youth conference telling of dating Seth when she was 14 years old. She and Seth had sex, felt guilty about the sexual relations and began reading the Bible together. After a few weeks “It became clear to us that God wants nothing more for us but to feel good …

The unitive-love nurturing – and procreative purposes of sexual intercourse distinguish us from the animal world. We are not like guppies who cooperate for a moment – the mating female looks for a colorful male with orange spots on his flanks, after mating the male immediately swims off. After birth the baby guppies also immediately swim off. There is no …

Who are we to make an unconditional promise to give our lives away? How can we promise to be faithful when we are going to change? Do we really mean to make a promise that is not in our power to keep? All of these questions suggest that marriage is an act of faith, not in marriage, but in God. …

Forget homosexual marriage for a minute; let’s talk about what happened to marriage within the “crooked straight” community during the last forty-five years. We begin with the Texas no-fault divorce statute of 1970 – the most casual divorce statute in the world. A law professor of mine said in 1980, “The sanctity of marriage is nonexistent.” Marriage, even then, was …