Ralph Barker

Let’s Lose the Myths About Christmas?

The Christmas story as it has been told in my lifetime, and yours, is filled with inaccuracies. Tradition continues to…

11 years ago

The War on Christmas Continues

Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. (Prov. 14:34 NAS) (more…)

11 years ago

One More Name For Your Christmas List

Some of my fondest, warmest memories are those from the Christmases of my youth. In those days, the 1950s, Christmas…

11 years ago

What’s In A Name?

Words are powerful. When we assign words to a person we give them meaning, identity, and even authority. Think about…

11 years ago

Relationships

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. After this, there were relationships. If you think about it…

12 years ago

Loving the Lord With Our Minds

Mark 12:28-30 “And one of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well,…

12 years ago

Are You Too Hard on Yourself?

Christians have a hard time loving themselves. Sometimes they don’t even like themselves. It is easy to understand why when…

12 years ago

A Difficult Biblical Issue: Theodicies (Part II)

In the first of this two-part series, we talked about theodicies. A theodicy is an attempt to defend God’s goodness…

12 years ago

A Difficult Biblical Issue: Theodicies

How do we handle the idea of evil in the world? How do we reconcile all the evil with a…

12 years ago

God Is Good-We Are Not

Recently, my wife and I had dinner and Starbucks afterward with some good friends, Steve and Kathy. We had not…

12 years ago

A Heartfelt “Thank You” To My Readers

The time has come for me to take a break from writing each week. I have enjoyed so much my…

12 years ago

Atheist Don’t Exist-God Said So

I’ve met some agnostics before, but I’ve only met one or two people who actually claimed to be an atheist.…

12 years ago

I Love How God Arranges Things

Those of us who have been in Christ for any length of time have witnessed how God orchestrates things. He…

12 years ago

Are You Angry?

Anger. What do we do with this powerful emotion? Christians are not supposed to get angry, are they? This is…

12 years ago

Why Would Anyone Want Your Jesus?

This is a fair question. Why would anyone want to meet the Jesus you know? What does the world see,…

12 years ago

It’s The Feet Stupid!

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth (I John 3:18). During…

12 years ago