Mike Wittmer

Category: Christian Worldview

  • how to know God exists

    I could point to evidence from nature. Why is there something rather than nothing? And why is this something beautifully arranged, as if it was designed? We live on the razor’s edge in a universe that is finely tuned for life. If the Earth orbited much closer to the sun we would burn up; if…

  • what did you think we were going to say?

    Yesterday I heard a couple of stories in the media about the Christian owned businesses and schools that are suing the government over our right not to fund abortions. The arguments against the lawsuit seemed to be that corporations aren’t people so they don’t have the freedom of religion and the slippery slope argument of…

  • thoughts from the weekend

    What are the odds that the Michigan-Ohio State game will start with a running clock? Is it possible that Michigan is tanking on purpose to prevent the Buckeyes from playing a ranked opponent? Well played, Michigan, well played. Watching David Axelrod explain why President Obama wasn’t lying when he said everyone could keep their health…

  • how to be saved and know it

    The dying Israelites didn’t have to look at the snake in any special way. Some may have squinted from astigmatism or less than 20/20 vision. Some may have been selfish, pushing past others to get a better look. Some may have doubted, wondering if staring at a bronze snake would really make them well. It…

  • suing the government

    The many lawsuits against the HHS mandate may be overrun by current events. Now that hundreds of thousands of people are learning that, despite the President’s frequent assurances, they are not allowed to keep the affordable insurance policies they currently have, the Affordable Care Act may collapse of its own weight. Perhaps Nancy Pelosi should…

  • big bumbling brother

    When I lived in Beijing I operated under the assumption that someone was always watching or listening to my conversations. My friends and I would jokingly talk into the pepper shaker in restaurants, but also we would seriously examine each letter for signs it had been opened and resealed, talk in code in those letters…

  • it’s here

    Last night, while Detroit was digging itself into a deep hole it could not climb out of—I mean the Tigers, not the city—my class of urban pastors turned a session on church government into a spirited conversation on homosexuality. I was surprised by their level of passion, because I had naively assumed that homosexual practice…

  • forgiveness

    I don’t mean to be the conscience of the Christian music industry, but there is another popular song that left me dismayed and wanting to say something. So here I go. “Forgiveness,” by Toby Mac and featuring Lecrae, who really should know better given he rapped on the Heidelberg Catechism, repeatedly says “we all need…

  • sports

    Last night Eric brought Ian to my worldview class. I was feeling a bit giddy after NE Ohio’s spectacular sports weekend, and during the evening I mentioned how the New Earth would be a lot like this one, minus the city of Ann Arbor (Ezekiel 28:20). After class Ian told me that his last name…