Truth Triumphs

  Having grown up around the Christian faith, I have heard throughout my entire life that we are living in the last days. This was often accompanied by an exhortation to prepare our lives for Christ's return. Generally, this topic would be emphasized when something bad had occurred or was occurring: a devastating natural disaster, a presidential figure who embodied the ultimate demise of America (because America isn't mentioned in end-time prophecy, right?), and the increasing lawlessness in our civilization. Inevitably, an appeal would always be made to the "perilous times" that Paul said would be present in "the last days" (2 Timothy 3:1). What I have come to understand is that this emphasis on the fact that we are living in the last days is true, but it's incomplete. It's accurate, but it doesn't tell the whole story. Why? Simply put, according to a careful reading of the New Testament, the last days is a period of time from the birth, life, d

  I'm not sure when I first heard the expression "social distancing." It was definitely at the beginning of this prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, but I honestly cannot recall hearing it on any occasion before last March or April. What I do know is that how the expression is used is not what the words themselves mean. According to the Scriptures, which, as a Christian, are my ultimate authority for determining what to believe and how to live, God created humanity in his image (Genesis 1:26; 5:2). Although there are differing views on what exactly it means to be made in God's image, the words themselves (God's image and likeness) lead us to the conclusion that God created humans, unlike any other created thing, to be like him and to represent him. One strong theory for how human beings are like God is that we have an innate capacity for relationships. We are social creatures. Our very nature demands close interactions with other human beings. This need for relationship

On May 22, 2019, my life changed forever. My wife and I welcomed our firstborn son Aiden into this world. In my opinion, having a child more fundamentally changes one's life than getting married. This is something that is learned after the fact, although plenty of authors warned of the immense change that would result from becoming parents. This change has not been wholly bad, as change is seldom obviously good or obviously bad. The bad is not wicked or evil, but simply inconvenient: erratic sleeping schedules (mostly for the mother), changing dirty diapers, more expenses. But, far and away, the good outweighs the bad. Sure, becoming a father has been challenging, but it is worth every difficulty. Through the process of beginning to parent a son, I have learned many valuable lessons. In a sense, Aiden has taught me so much, and I hope to reciprocate his involuntary benevolence some day in the future. One thing that Aiden has taught me is that fatherhood, like many of life's gre