Winging It

If I am a patriot, politically active, working hard to bring up good leadership and policies and bring down bad ones and have not love, I...

We continue to haggle over the Russian hacking of last year's presidential election. By that we do not mean that the Russians hacked in...

In George Orwell's 1984 the main character, Winston Smith, worked for the Ministry of Truth, the government organization that was const...

I saw a young man the other day with a t-shirt that said, "Only God can judge me." I couldn't help it. I thought of Jesus...

There are some marvelous promises for God's people in God's Word. Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. (1 John ...

Makes Sense to Me Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven told SVF that no priests in the church in Sweden should be allowed to refuse to mar...

In a recent discussion about the healthcare problem , we ended up in a discussion about ambition and contentment . I just wanted to know how...

I would argue that one of the universal components for the human design is the drive to worship. We were made to worship. Now, remember, ...

In Paul's letter to the church at Philippi, he makes his famous statement, "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me....

The New Republic has a story aptly titled The Silence of the Lambs about a scandalous child sex abuse case in an extremely conservative Ba...

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his d...

It's Sunday. How about a hymn? Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace...

Overreach I don't suppose anyone is particularly paying attention, but I thought it was funny when the New York Times put up the story...

It has been a hot one here this week. Temperatures near or beyond 120°F. They were grounding aircraft and warning everyone to stay indoors. ...

We all know this story. It starts with a lawyer who asks Jesus, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" It ends with t...

Imagine a world that is steeped in make-believe. A world where words mean a variety of things with very little to actually anchor them. A wo...

The parable of the wineskins is not new to us. We all know it. (Is it actually a parable?) "No one puts new wine into old wineskins; ot...

Yeah, yeah, bad grammar, but it's a line from a song , so don't give me any grief over it; I didn't write it. But there is a poi...

We are commanded to "Honor your father and your mother" (Exo 20:12). Paul says it is "the first commandment with a promise...

Just When You Thought It Was Safe Stories of bakers and florists and photographers and innkeepers and all who didn't want to be forced ...