(An article I first wrote about 1994) Introduction: Revelation 12:1-6 We begin with a strange, yet powerful image. We see a woman, ripe with child–a symbol of new life and of hope. And as the moment draws near, we see her writhing in pain, her legs spread in anticipation; and crouching before her, gnashing its…

David French, writing in National Review, argues that Christians and Muslims worship different gods.  He basically argues that the true God is known only through Christ, and only as Trinity.  Ergo, anyone who does not believe the Trinity or accept Jesus as God must worship a different god. By this logic, Jews must also worship a different…

I’m a U.S. Army chaplain, serving in the Texas Army National Guard.  I was first commissioned as a Chaplain Candidate while in seminary back in March of 1986.  That fall, I did Clinical Pastoral Education at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  I was twenty-four, and I was the chaplain for neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, and…