Ken BoaJune 26, 2016
Ken BoaJune 19, 2016
Some Principles for Managing Time
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. —Henry David Thoreau How can you begin to control your time instead of letting time control you? Following are three key principles to help you start to use and manage your time well. (Note: It’s helpful if you read my article “Thoughts on Time” first.) #1 The Principle of Perspective The…
Ken BoaJune 17, 2016
Thoughts on Abortion
Abortion is perhaps the central ethical issue of the past century. The key question is whether abortion is the murder of a living person and therefore when a human life begins.
Ken BoaJune 16, 2016
A Biblical View of Purpose, Part 1: Knowing Where You’re Going
Most people seem to journey through years, even decades, without seriously wrestling with the fundamental question of why they are here on earth, where their journey is taking them, and what they want their lives to add up to in the end. These people may occasionally wonder, What will I leave behind? but few stop to consider a better question: What am…
Ken BoaJune 16, 2016
Viewing Time God’s Way
The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish hours—confound him, too, who in this place set up a sun-dial to cut and hack my days so wretchedly into small pieces! —Plautus (Greek playwright in Rome, second century BC) Consciousness of time jumped dramatically in the eighth century when Pope Paul I gave the Frankish King Pepin the…
Ken BoaJune 16, 2016
Dr. Boa returns to the Gospel of John, discussing Jesus's invitation to us to pursue him above all other things.
Ken BoaJune 15, 2016
Ken BoaJune 12, 2016
Trusting God in Turbulent Times
Emotional, intellectual, and volitional obstacles can keep us from trusting and yielding to God, both for the first time and after we become followers of Christ. Trusting Him is especially challenging when life is difficult or doesn't make sense from our perspective. But if we turn toward God, his Spirit in us will help us overcome these barriers, so that…
Ken BoaJune 1, 2016