As is often (make that always) the case when I’m producing one of Michael Phillips’ episodes from his excellent book, The Commands, I find myself challenged to look at familiar portions of the gospel in quite a different light. Today’s episode, especially so. Christians traditionally regard Christ’s physical crucifixion as the pinnacle of our Lord’s earthly ministry. Viewed through […]

I can picture it in my mind’s eye still. I bet you can too. The question asked a child by many a parent: Tell me, what do you want to be when you grow up? Back then, now so many years ago for me, the answer at times came readily and, at other crossroads in life, seemed […]

It’s been more than thirty years since I first heard what, at the time, struck me as a bewildering statement. Back then, I had no idea that the command, “You must be born again,” came straight out of Jesus’ mouth. Nor, like the man to whom it was spoken, did I know what the Lord meant. In […]