“Your eternal word, O LORD, stands firm in heaven. Your faithfulness extends to every generation, as enduring as the earth you created. Your regulations remain true to this day, for everything serves your plans. If your instructions hadn’t sustained me with joy, I would have died in my misery. I will never forget your commandments, […]
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For Whom the Bell Tolls The Restoration of All Things
I have taken the liberty of editing some of the lines of John Donne’s famous poem, “For Whom The Bell Tolls,” to perhaps clarify some of his ideas, and to serve my own purposes. “No man is an island, complete in itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. […]
U.S. Supreme Court and a Post Roe Era
For the first time in my lifetime, it is no longer considered a constitutional right for a woman to murder her own child in the womb. What does this mean for the Church in the 21st century? Here are three quick observations from my perspective. The work is not done. It is a sad commentary […]
“Record Catches”
When a fisherman begins to tell you about his “big catch”, be prepared. Fish stories are notorious for being embellished, and often the fish in the story is larger than the fish actually hauled in. This past week the Associated Press carried stories on two record catches, both of them accompanied by photos of the […]
Murphy’s Law and Eternity
Have you heard of Murphy’s Law? There are many versions, but the basic notion of Murphy’s Law is this: “If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong”. Any Saturday mechanic, weekend repairman, or home owning handyman will have to admit that this Murphy, whoever he was, had pretty good insight. Skinned knuckles, stripped threads, […]
The Culture of No Consequences
In the beginning, the Lord blessed man with a paradise garden to keep, trim, and enjoy. Only one prohibition was mentioned. Adam and Eve were not to eat of the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” (Gen. 2:17). If they ate, they would lose their place in the garden and forfeit their right […]
First we overlook evil. Then we permit evil. Then we legalize evil. Then we promote evil. Then we celebrate evil. Then we persecute those who still call it evil
STAND IN THE GAP “And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none” Ezekiel 22:30 This passage comes at a time when the children of Israel, God’s people were in […]
Reflections on “God as Our Father”
Some of the fondest memories of my life are of my childhood and my father. I was fortunate to have a good dad who loved God and his family and always looked out for our good and welfare. My heart goes out to those who are not so fortunate (such as those with whom I […]
Reflections on “God as Our Father”
Some of the fondest memories of my life are of my childhood and my father. I was fortunate to have a good dad who loved God and his family and always looked out for our good and welfare. My heart goes out to those who are not so fortunate (such as those with whom I […]
“Smearing The Masterpiece”
It was a bizarre scene in the Louvre Museum in Paris on May 29. A crowd was viewing Leonardo da Vinci’s famous “Mona Lisa” painting. One elderly woman in a wheelchair suddenly sprang to her feet and began punching the bullet-proof case in which the painting is displayed. When he (it wasn’t a woman after […]