Culture Hidden in Darkness D Fevig, April 27, 2024May 8, 2024 Our church does a free dinner twice a month. Recently, the topic of abortion came up at our table. A person made the statement, “I’m in favor of abortion. It’s a woman’s choice, between her and her doctor”. In spite of attempts to clarify and share truth with her, she… Continue Reading
Culture If The World Hates You: Persecution D Fevig, October 25, 2023April 9, 2024 “More Christians died for their faith in the 20th century than in the previous 19 centuries of Christian history combined”. George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy Center. This trend continues unabated into the 21st century. The worst persecution of believers is occurring in countries where Islam or Communism dominates their… Continue Reading
Culture Mother Nature? We’re The Parents Here D Fevig, August 2, 2023April 9, 2024 We often watch weather reports on our local TV station. In nearly every broadcast, the meteorologist uses the term “Mother Nature”. The context in which they say this implies that this mysterious “mother” force gives birth to and controls the weather. I’m sure they don’t really mean this, being scientists,… Continue Reading
Culture Asbury Again: Times of Refreshing D Fevig, March 1, 2023April 9, 2024 “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord”. Peter, in Acts 3:19 Asbury Livestream We recently watched a livestream of the last “official” revival meeting at Asbury University, where student-led worship and prayer had been… Continue Reading
Culture Super Bowl? How About Super Decadence? D Fevig, February 20, 2023April 9, 2024 As usual, I watched the Super Bowl this year. I think I have seen every one, including the first one in 1967 between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. I’m still waiting and hoping that my Detroit Lions will make it someday! I had an unexpectedly negative… Continue Reading
Culture They’re Back: the Ancient Gods D Fevig, November 14, 2022April 27, 2024 Our country today is radically different from when I grew up in the 1950s. Our nation’s founders were mostly believers in Jesus, and they left us a spiritual heritage that permeated our institutions. We have had our faults, such as slavery, racism, and our treatment of Native Americans, but on… Continue Reading
Culture Fearfully and Wonderfully Made D Fevig, September 23, 2022April 9, 2024 What a miracle our creation is! We were knit together in our mothers’ wombs. Today, using ultrasound technology, prospective parents can see this truth on camera at very early stages of pregnancy. Even before He “knit us together”, He knew us, from eternity. He already had plans for us! I… Continue Reading
Culture For Such A Time As This D Fevig, March 19, 2022April 9, 2024 I really don’t like this current time. Our culture is deteriorating rapidly, obsessed with sex, adopting unbiblical and unscientific views of the nature of sex and gender. Not only are many adopting these views, but their adherents are putting pressure on those of us who disagree. They refer to us… Continue Reading
Culture Corrie Ten Boom on persecution D Fevig, November 20, 2021April 28, 2024 My wife Kathy saw Corrie Ten Boom in person at an event in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This message is very similar to the one she heard, at around the same time as this letter was written in 1974. Corrie and her family sheltered Jewish people in their house in Holland during… Continue Reading
Culture Men and Women: How to Relate? D Fevig, October 28, 2021April 9, 2024 Our culture is obsessed with sexual themes, very similar to the Greek/Roman world of the New Testament. Since the “sexual revolution” in the 1960s, our culture has accepted many sexual practices and attitudes that are far from God’s ideal. The Scriptures lay out many principles that will help guide us… Continue Reading