The hope of happiness
In the debate over same-sex marriage and homosexuality, just as in other issues about which people disagree, the answer to one question will mostly determine which side one will support: Or perhaps more… Continue reading
Category Archive: FAITH
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It’s oh so natural
Evil has a long and sobering history. There is nothing new under the sun….not torture and murder, not rape and enslavement, not subjugation, treachery, serial lying, and all manners and expressions of vile… Continue reading
Who’s on the side of science now?
The tide is turning, and we need to be ready to ride the wave. Just like surfers need balance, wisdom, and vision, so do we believers in God need the same if we… Continue reading
Surrender now or surrender later
It needs to be understood that in killing Afghan soldiers and kidnapping and forcibly marrying young girls, the Taliban are only doing what they believe is morally right. According to their ideology, the… Continue reading
Joy, fleeting and chosen
Once in a great while something wonderful happens. A feeling of pure, soul-lifting joy suddenly overtakes me, but only for a moment or two. And then it’s gone. Does this ever happen to… Continue reading
Do Christians consume Christ?
…where I seek to provide some food for thought from Jesus’ Bread of Life discourse in John 6. Are Christians cannibals? Some curious first-century onlookers thought so. The word was going around that… Continue reading
Bread or body, wine or blood?
Why should Joe Biden’s and Nancy Pelosi’s support for abortion rights disqualify them from receiving communion in the Roman Catholic Church? The U.S. bishop’s conference is working on a document to ostensibly answer… Continue reading
Accessory God
If the Bible is true, then we live in a world created by and for God. Everything, including us, belongs to him. No exceptions. He is the reason everything exists, the One that… Continue reading
No God, no hope
Recently a cousin of a friend of mine put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. He was a young man. For him, life was so painful and hopeless that death… Continue reading
Oo-oo, that smell
I’ve come to realize that I resonate with Judge Jesus more so than with Jesus meek and mild. And whatever that says about me is probably also why I miss Simon Cowell on… Continue reading
She persisted
Now is the time for great faith. If you’re a Christian, as I am, you’ve likely been asking God to intervene in the affairs of our nation to restore righteousness and reason, as… Continue reading
Don’t you know me, Caroline?
I’ve been troubled lately. Troubled by all the unrest, untruths, and ungodliness in the world. Worried about good friends suffering health issues that have not been relieved. Anxious about minor instability in my… Continue reading
O death, you really should just surrender
I am closer to death today than I was yesterday. So are you. How close, neither of us knows, but there is a day coming when death and I will meet on the… Continue reading
No news is good news
Remember when we had three TV networks and only print newspapers? A mere handful of sources from which to get our news fix…our daily diet of data on the goings-on in our community,… Continue reading
The house progressives built
As anyone with what is increasingly UNcommon sense knows, morality in America has been turned upside down and backwards. Sexual promiscuity and perversion are celebrated but expecting people to follow God’s standards for… Continue reading