When a Son Takes His Life

Remembering Tyler Micah Eckel
By his father, Mark

Delivered at Crossroads Community Church on 2/26/2023  

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Understanding the Bible: Illumination

What would Christians do without the Holy Spirit? As it turns out, not much! Find out why by watching / reading our Truth in Two (full text and footnotes follow). Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University. Support MarkEckel.com (here). Find the MarkEckel.com YouTube Channel (here). Mark

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Cultural Sanctification: A Book Review

When I first began teaching Christian high school students in the 1980’s I would often reference First Testament teaching on “the remnant,” reminding students that Christians are never far from persecution. Students were exposed to names such as Justin Martyr, Origen, Irenaeus, or Tertullian and texts such as “The Epistle to Diognetus,” Pliny’s letter to

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Transitions at 67

The old paradigm is gone. It seems people no longer consider age a boundary marker. It used to be that “retirement” was regulated by years. Now we say, “Sixty is the new forty.” One student, who discovered my age, in an obvious lapse of decorum, intoned that I was “older than his parents.” Yeah. That

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The Bible’s Original Languages

Why are the Bible’s original languages are so important? Watch our Truth in Two to understand the reason(s)! [And don’t miss the Afterword!] Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University. Support MarkEckel.com (here). Find the MarkEckel.com YouTube Channel (here). Mark is President of The Comenius Institute (website) and

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A Biblical View of Social Unrest

The following theological questions suggest sociological implications for those who would want to eradicate, tear down, set afire, uproot, poison, or worse, ignore the wheat and leave the tares: for those who have ears to hear. [Written in the summer of 2023 during another socio-political upheaval, I reposted in April 2024 with follow up questions

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The Bible is Good

If the Bible isn’t “bad” (last week’s Truth in Two) then, is it “good”? This week’s Truth in Two has an answer (2 min vid + text + Afterword). Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University. Support MarkEckel.com (here). Find the MarkEckel.com YouTube Channel (here). Mark is

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