Author: Harold Peter Kuiper

Last night on my walk I ran into a policeman, who works in the Visayas, and comes home to his

Summer, 1976. We are touring the Philippines with my brother-and-sister-in-law. We were planning to go from Baguio to Bontoc, but

The Setting: The Colorado River at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, where a party of about a dozen men

It seems that every week my wife needs to attend some wake or funeral, and very often the deceased had

In the Mark 9 passage Jesus heals a demonized boy, after first expressing irritation at the disciples’ being unable to

Do you believe in God? One can safely say that most Filipinos “believe in God.” In fact, close to 90%

Many people—some Christians, even—only attend church on Christmas and Easter, and live the rest of the year almost as if

How do you see yourself? A “really good person,” who deserves to go to heaven when you die? Or at

Is faith “blind”, like some people claim? They claim that faith is opposed to knowledge, and “unscientific”. While of course

Who were there, what was their experience? As the old spiritual sings it, “Were you there when they crucified my

Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani: My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?1 –Mark 15: 14 This is the dead

(Author’s note: this is the first in a Lenten series of poems based on some of the 7 last words

At the start of Lent, I thought some thoughts on forgiveness would be appropriate, because the heart of the season

The Bible clearly teaches that conversion—which we all need—requires prayer first of all, so that our minds can be renewed.

I said last week that we need two conversions: One from the world to God, and Two, from the Church

Conversion #1: Away from the world, to God. To convert means to turn around, change direction, repent. Charles Colson’s whole

Last week I told some brief conversion stories, mentioning Charles Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship. Herewith is his extended account.

“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely.” Hosea 14:4 What can heal our waywardness? Last week I

Jesus made clear that Unless you turn, and become like a child, you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven. He

Recently a BSU security guard told me he was hoping to get a job on a cruise ship, so he’d