Virtue Benjamin Franklin warned, “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” In other words, as virtue declines, so does freedom. Mr. Franklin’s postulations are … [Read more...]

Godly Unity in The Human Realm Recently I prepared and recorded a Passover service. It made me think about how much unity was on Christ’s mind in the hours before His crucifixion – “I in them, and You in Me” (John 17:23). Unity is defined as … [Read more...]

Emotions We all have emotions. God has emotions. Christ had emotions while on the earth as a human. Emotions are a natural part of the human psyche. A dictionary definition is a good place to begin in taking a look at the role emotions play in … [Read more...]

Another Nuclear Age? What a week it was. Russia withdrew from a nuclear arms control treaty. Iran is making progress toward producing weapons grade nuclear fuel. North Korea tested long range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. China … [Read more...]

Stupid How do you feel about “stupid”? Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian, pastor and anti-Nazi dissident believed that stupidity is worse than evil because stupidity can be manipulated and used by evil. He believed that the stupid could … [Read more...]

The Precipice “As the West careens off the moral and political road and hurtles towards the precipice … “ no longer sounds outlandish. This situation has been a long time in the making. One thing to which we need to pay attention is the fact … [Read more...]

Over and Over Again One of the greatest challenges in any believer’s life is that of finding ourselves repeating some of the same mistakes over and over again. We may have thought that we were really putting something behind us – gaining ground – … [Read more...]

Experience “If a man could sell his experiences for what they cost him, he would never need Social Security.”- Anonymous.  (Social Security is the American government pension plan.)  We probably would not argue with that statement. Some … [Read more...]

From the Romans to the Biden era, the word “liberal” has taken on many meanings. It is one of those “it all depends” words. Yet, it has not always had a negative connotation as it does today in political/social circles. The cradle of its … [Read more...]

Prosperity Gospel We are probably all familiar with what is often termed the “prosperity gospel.” In “Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel,” Kate Bowler explains it as “the belief that God grants health and wealth to those with the … [Read more...]