5 1/2 years ago I posted a series on Christians and critical thinking. As disturbing as it was then that so many Christians fail to use their noggins well, though I wouldn't have believed it possible, in my judgment, it's even worse now! So, I'll update my thoughts on the subject and go for it …
Travel Light
“Do not take a purse or bag or sandals…” (Luke 10:4) Nothing reduces a paternalistic approach to sharing the gospel like being in need ourselves. The release of the inner man’s potential is often contingent on the breaking of the outer man, which usually occurs through pain and loss. It’s my experience that the preponderance …
Waiting for the World to Change
In his first appearance on Fox News, presumably one of many, the recently elected House Speaker Mike Johnson in conversation with Sean Hannity, posited a unique, never considered before, revelation that there’s something wrong with the human heart and that the scourge of mass shootings can be attributed to that unseen wickedness. After the shooting …
Every Life Matters
I had plenty of time to read while sick for 3 weeks. One of my favorites was Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution by André Trocmé, the Frenchman famous for saving thousands of Jews (mostly children) from the Nazis during World War II. Yad Vashem (the Jewish Holocaust Museum) awarded him and his wife the prestigious …
UNFIT TO LEAD?
About whom do I refer? (Careful now, it might be a trick question.) 1. He’s no patriot, but serves only himself 2. He is “great” only in a corrupt worldly sense of greatness. 3. He is ambitious as a ruthless authoritarian 4. He pretends to be on the same page as religious conservatives who are …
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