Some podcasters recently informed me that Target stores are already pushing items for “Pride Month” (which is supposed to be June), and they are encouraging a principled boycott to send a clear message that we don’t want this stuff in our faces. We do not need or want companies to champion sexual deviancy. They are…
“I want you to understand thatthe head of every man is Christ,the head of a wife is her husband,and the head of Christ is God”(1 Cor. 11.3) “I could never submit to a man.” Feminism has borne much fruit in our times; men and women alike have purchased and partaken of that fruit, unaware of…
Recently, someone admitted to me he wasn’t sure we could actually obey Jesus’ command in John 15.12–14: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command…
I just listened to a report by Kate Wells from Michigan Radio on NPR: Inside a Michigan clinic, patients talk about abortion — and a looming statewide vote : NPR One young lady spent three months in her home state of Ohio trying and failing to get an abortion, which are currently banned in that…
In my younger days, I heard much ado about TULIP, the five tenets of Calvinism. I did not hear about the five solas of the Reformation. Do you know these? All of these were shifts away from the Roman Catholic Church, and Sola Scriptura was a major key. The Reformers recognized the church should be…
Perhaps you think it dark to dwell on death, but there are bright spots. According to the United States Deaths Clock website, in the US: A person dies approximately every 11.14 seconds Number of deaths per year: 2,830,688 Number of deaths per day: 7,755 Number of deaths per hour: 323 What are the major causes…
Some “attend services” in order to be entertained by heart-tugging music and finely-tuned presentations. Some “go to church” for the social aspect of seeing friends and catching up on the latest news. Some “go to worship” in order to get that important check-mark done for the week. Even those who earnestly desire to honor God’s…
Whoever first said, “You are what you eat”? Jesus said in Matthew 6.22-23: “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you…
Everyone is concerned these days about lies. False narratives. Fake news. A concerning number of individuals are actively attempting to silence and punish those who don’t agree with them by casting them out of office, removing them from their jobs, and banning them from public conversation. They are calling for powerful tech companies to outlaw…
Are you a man, woman, leader, public servant, elder, deacon, preacher’s wife, wife of a millionaire, artist, tennis player, pianist, father, mother, sister, brother? How do you identify? A favorite question when first meeting someone is, “What do you do for a living?” We tend to define a person based on his or her vocation….