I used to teach homeschool classes in which the parents sat with their students. I taught English and Writing. Sometimes a student would ask, “Why do we have to know this?” And often, a sage parent would answer, “Because you’ll use it in college.” I hated that answer. Was that our end goal of learning—to…
By now most have heard how some Parisian artist created a monstrous blasphemy to usher in the 2024 Olympics last month—a version of the Last Supper with an obese lesbian woman in place of the Lord and drag queens feasting instead of the apostles. Many have scoffed at the silly Christians getting offended over nothing…
Many are in a tizzy over Governor Jeff Landry’s signing of a new law mandating a poster-size copy of the Ten Commandments hang in every taxpayer-supported classroom. Opponents are melting down around the country, promising legal pushback. From an AP News article: “We’re worried about public school families and students in Louisiana… They come from…
Christians often get heartburn trying to figure out passages such as Deuteronomy 9.13–10.11. It records the golden calf incident in which the Israelites at the foot of Mt. Horeb (Sinai) decided to make a golden graven image just weeks after God had audibly spoken from that same mountain, “You shall worship no other gods before…
Sometimes we seem to have a split personality as Christians, and we often do not think critically or logically about our faith. What do we really believe about our Lord Jesus Christ? When He says, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth,” how do we understand that? Do we think…
Darwin grossly missed many things, but his recognition of “survival of the fittest” is correct. In the animal world, the weak become food for the strong. When watching a herd of antelope flee an attacking pack of wild dogs, you might notice a mother and her offspring running together and think, “See how she loves…
David appointed Asaph and his brothers to sing a special thanksgiving song on the day they brought the Ark of the Covenant into the Tabernacle in the City of David where it belonged. What was David thankful about, and how did he express his thanks on that glorious day? David first gave thanks for God’s…