In recent years I have addressed a letter to family and friends at Christmas time. I am attaching this year’s letter. God bless you all. Dear Family and Friends, It’s a busy time of the year, and I don’t know how many of you will take a few minutes to read this, but I want […]
I recently tuned into a conversation between Katie Couric and Senator John Fetterman about the late Charlie Kirk. I was surprised by Couric’s harsh criticism and apparently strong disapproval of the young conservative ‘s message. I must admit that I had not been a close follower of Kirk. After all, his primary appeal was to […]
From time to time I present a Sunday School lesson at my church. Perhaps it is foolish of me to do so, but I decided to share extracts from a few of these lessons on my blog. I hope you enjoy them. LESSON ONE Every other Sunday in my church we celebrate Holy Communion. Rarely […]
Last Wednesday I received a profound shock. The Christian community lost a hero. As many of you realize, we are involved in a struggle for the soul of America. On one side are those who are committed to the Judeo-Chistian ethos. I’m one of them. We are imperfect people. Many of us are Christians, but […]
This afternoonI began to thinking about life, death, infinity, and all those mysterious things that remain beyond our understanding. Here I sit on this relatively small, wobbling planet spinning around a minor star on the edge of one of a billion galaxies, each composed of billions of stars. These thoughts make me feel very small. […]
Over the centuries people have searched for purpose in life. How was the universe created? Who or what is the source of our existence? Is there a God? All of us have difficulties when we try to conceptualize God. How can we envision Him? How can we come to know Him? There are many logical […]
In the Old Testament Book of Micah there is a brief passage instructing man how to act. It reads, “Act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God.” That is very simple and straightforward; but one might ask, what is justly? Micah answered that question immediately prior to this instruction. He wrote, “He has […]
Faith vs reason is the third major area of disagreement between progressives and conservatives. This is a generalization, of course, but progressives usually have a negative view of organized religion and are especially hostile towards Christian conservatives. They are offended by the Bible’s stultifying pronouncements on such subjects as sexual morality and family relationships. They […]
When I posted GOD TALK 7 on September 5th, I unknowingly stepped on a hornet. A person identifying himself as being with Clubschadenfreude commented on my post. I responded briefly, but upon further reflection I decided to answer the criticisms more fully. First, what is Clubschadenfreude? I honestly do not know. The German word schadenfreude […]
At times it appears that some members of the scientific community, allied with the humanists, wish to destroy religious faith. They demean our cherished religious beliefs and traditions as being concocted from a miasmic fabric of ancient myths and medieval superstitions. They believe this world is all there is, and we should make the most […]
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