Recently, upon entering my abode, I noticed a white-bag attached to my front door. I gingerly handled it, opened it and found a cleverly designed box spring open in my hand.This was no ordinary advertisement.Of the six sides on the cube, four had...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
This election year can bring the most stalwart conservative to his knees-but only if basic Biblical principles are forgotten. This section, Second Reformation, is here to encourage the faint of heart by recalling those principles-truths and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Jupiter Hammon (1711-1806?) was the first black poet published in America. Considered the father of African-American poetry, on Christmas of 1760 he published, "An Evening Thought. Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries." He was also a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
People like top ten lists. I like top ten lists. I've read a few over the years ranging from the top Christian music and sermons to more ambitious top best things happening in Christiandom.This list will be in the latter category. But with a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What do ghosts and goblins have in common with Luther and Calvin? Both are celebrated on October 31st. Yet only one group had historical significance. The Reformation of Luther and Calvin changed the West, leading to the creation of America....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A new Pew research (MSNBC summary) polling 35,000 adults has uncovered what many cynics (like me) have suspected all along: Evangelicals are Biblically illiterate.57% of Evangelicals believe one can be saved outside of Christianity ("their faith...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
BemusedMy wife recieved an unexpected surprise last weekend. Cheap books. She likes to peruse the dime-priced, used books at the local library--a favorite pastime of those with Scots-Irish frugality rushing through their veins.It turns out that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There has been much talk about "mother earth," being "green," and preserving our environment.Use better light bulbs. Turn off the lights early. Turn off the TV. Turn off the computer. Drive less.Going out to eat means using more resources (which...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There's Always a Negative Side!"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
My wife fought an addiction after we were married. She struggled for months while I encouraged her and distracted her from this obsession. She would catch herself longing for this distraction, but slowly she learned to substitute this longing...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
