Mike Wittmer

Category: Christian Worldview

  • perspectives

    My brother, Phil, just sent me this link to a chart on how various parts of Christendom view each other. It’s very funny, and very true. This is one of those times when humor is instructive. Enjoy!

  • Steve Jobs on Death

    In their discussion of the life and death of Steve Jobs, the media is referring often to Job’s acclaimed commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005. Steve was acutely aware of his own mortality, and he shared many nuggets of wisdom that only come from a man who has brushed against death. One line that…

  • prison

    Last night I had the moving experience of preaching in a Muskegon prison. My former student Craig Curtis is doing a stellar job as the prison chaplain, and he invited me to come preach on the topic of hell. I asked whether the prisoners had heard of Love Wins, and I was told that they…

  • our year of understanding

    Last week the mayor of Grand Rapids declared 2012 the “Year of Interfaith Understanding,” and today’s paper included a column from our religion editor (Charles Honey) which supports the cause. I’m always happy to dialogue, and I agree that we need more understanding, but I wonder whether the planned program can be as religiously neutral as it claims.…

  • til’ Alzheimers we do part

    Russell Moore powerfully critiques Pat Robertson’s comment that a person with Alzheimer’s disease is essentially dead, so their spouse would be free to divorce them and remarry. I would add that Robertson seems to subscribe to a Platonic (and Cartesian) dualism, assuming that a person’s mind is essentially them, so that if their mind is…

  • golden handcuffs

    Here is a devotional I just wrote for Our Daily Journey. As always, I would appreciate any constructive feedback before I submit it. Thanks! Friends of mine are acquainted with a media leader. He invited them to appear on his television show to talk about a family tragedy, and he was so impressed by their…

  • lie to me

    There is a lot of truth in Tom Friedman’s editorial in today’s N.Y. Times. We finally have a governor in Michigan who believes in speaking to us as if we were adults, and of course, his poll numbers are plummeting. Maybe our problem is not so much that politicians lie to us, but that we like…

  • education can be fun

    Here’s proof that my summer has been a little bit better than yours.

  • the church in China

    If you live in Grand Rapids and don’t have tickets to Taylor Swift, consider coming out to Baker Book House tonight at 7:00, when I’ll be speaking on Christ Alone. I was fascinated by the cover story of the current Books and Culture, entitled “A Critique of All Religions:  Chinese Intellectuals and the Church.” David…

  • it’s here

    Many of us have been saying for some time that the normalization of homosexual marriage will inevitably open the door to the state’s acceptance of polygamy. Proponents of gay marriage typically scoff and say we’re silly for making such a slippery slope argument. Well, not anymore. In an op-ed in today’s New York Times, Jonathan…