PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE ORDNANCE! “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.” Martin Luther King Jr. I don’t expect non-Christians to think or act like Christians. But I’m starting to lose hope for more Christians to think and act like Christ. In too many …
Have Your Eyes Seen the Glory?
Faith is… A different way of seeing. A different way of being. And it sees different things that without faith we wouldn’t see. Lastly, what it sees makes a difference and how we act. On April 3, 1968, at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee the night before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his …
The Groan of the Godly
“Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4) Lament is an indispensable periodic posture for the person who loves Jesus and loves the same people he loves. Those who do it are “comforted” by the fact that they are loving people in a way similar to the way Jesus loves them …
How They Pray at the Pentagon
Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of WAR as he likes to be called) prayed this at this month’s Pentagon prayer meeting about our war with Iran: “Let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness and our great nation. Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial …
When Less is More
God doesn’t merely recruit silver-tongued orators or skilled apologists for his quest for friends. The silver and the skill can at times inhibit the Spirit’s efforts to find his way into a person’s consciousness. Rather than clarify, many words may confuse instead.Defense SecretaryCaspar Weinberger, assessing an international crisis said in a “briefing” (an oxymoron if …
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