I want to live the rest of my time here in such a way that when I leave this place, it’s a little bit better of a place than it was before I got here. I don’t want people muttering under their breath at my funeral, “Don’t let the door hit you in the back!” …
Can Donald Trump Be Trusted and Does it Matter? (Part 2 of 3) by Barney Wiget
“This is of a different category than we've had. This is not simply the number of lies; it's the velocity of the lies, it's the character of the lies.” Peter Wehner “No man in the whole world can change the truth. One can only look for the truth, find it, and serve it.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer …
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The Telemarketer Approach to Evangelism
God doesn’t merely recruit silver-tongued orators or skilled apologists for his quest for friends. Silver and skill sometimes actually inhibit the Spirit’s efforts to find his way into a person’s consciousness. They can detract from the actual good news itself. Don Everts writes, “If they have just a thimbleful of curiosity, we could actually douse …
Can Donald Trump Be Trusted and Does it Matter? (Part 1 of 3)
“When some large number of the people in a country buy into this [presidential lying] -- if they make up their own narrative -- then a society begins to fracture in the deepest way. That is what is going on, and he's doing this day after day after day, and it's taking a terrific toll …
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Seldom Right But Never in Doubt!
“Courage,” says Collin Hansen, “is not measured by how many people you can offend.” Peter, the apostle best known for his overconfident bluster, learned over time to share his hope in Christ with “gentleness and respect.” When we lack these qualities we tend to condescendingly answer questions they’re not asking. Too many Christians are “seldom …
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