BY STEPHEN SMAROWSKY: This year, on Christmas morning, my daughter said something that made me reflect on an important reality particularly for me and in general for all Christians. After opening gifts for about 15 minutes my wife and I hit the pause button on our morning gift exchange in order to get some breakfast going. Once we returned to the living room I told both of our kids that another gift would not be opened until all of the…

Why Do Bad Thing Happen to Good People? Most people ask, Why do bad things happen to good people? I’ll give you my answer, too, just for kicks and giggles. But I think the tougher question is in the title. It seems counter-productive for God to allow good things to happen to people who want nothing to do with Him. Don’t people usually turn to God when in crisis? Scripture is filled with passages that essentially say that it rains…

BY ADAM POWERS: Everyone is a theologian. Some of you may think that statement makes as much sense as the above picture of someone swimming on a road. If that’s you, you’ll want to keep reading. You ever thought of this? Everyone you’ve ever met in your life and you yourself, are a theologian. Let me explain. If you’ve ever had a thought about God: who God is, what God is like, what God demands of us, what God does,…