We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights[.] Declaration of Independence The founding fathers stated in the first official …
God’s Liberty Bell
I remember first seeing the movie The Ten Commandments in the theater over 50 years ago. One of the things I remember from the film was the stentorian voice pronouncing: proclaim liberty throughout all the …
Gettysburg
Like every American I have read and heard the Gettysburg Address more times than I can recall. I had the singular misfortune not to be required to memorize it when I was in school, because …
A Corrupt Media
Why can’t we have a “Truth in Political Advertising” law. You can use the same principles for evaluation and enforcement. Could you get it through congress? I doubt it. Congress will want to maintain the …
Immortality #2
There was in Jerusalem a valley called Hinnom. In the early part of the first century, it was the city dump. There was no Environmental Protection Agency, so fires burned there all the time. Dead …
Immortality #1
Do you want to live forever? Are you sure? Now if you are the careful sort, you will want to know what forever is like before you answer the question. If it involves living forever …
Is God Really There?
Is God really there? Or are we just an accident in the universe, a product of blind chance? Is there no design other than that which natural law provides? Stalactites and stalagmites grow in caves …
The Undivided Man
Do you suppose God would ever call a man to be a lawyer or, perhaps, a governor? (And, no, I am not about to tell a lawyer joke.) There is a funny thing about Christian …
Controlling Pornography
Is there really such a thing as sexual addiction? Some professional counselors say there is, and some say there isn’t. I don’t know who is right on this issue, but I have a feeling that …
A Father in the House
Several years ago I knew a young woman who was frustrated in her marriage and wanted a divorce. Her family pleaded with her not to do it, to seek counseling, and to try to work …
Children of Violence
Those early teen years are really special, aren’t they? I was really encouraged to hear the other day about a group of young teens who were starting their school day with prayer together. Every day …
Save Your Children
In the old days, when coal miners went down a shaft into a dangerous area, they took with them a little birdcage with a canary in it. Their problem was gas. Gas in a coal …
The Enemy of Children
I sat there watching television in state of total unbelief. I simply could not believe that a mother would systematically, one by one, drown her five children in the bathtub and then lay their little …
Forgotten Children
Imagine, for a moment, that you have a job working at a county health clinic. One day, a 13-year-old girl shows up at the window and says she wants birth control. So you have her …
Covenant Marriage
For the first time in our history, married couples are in a minority. Married couples now only comprise 48% of the households of this country. Back when I was a junior in high school, going …
Living Together
There is something radically wrong with sex education as it currently exists in this country. It seems as though everyone has completely forgotten that sex is supposed to be an act of love. But perhaps …
Are You Angry?
Are you angry? Are you mad at what is going on in government? If you are a Republican, you are probably mad at the Democrats. If you are a Democrat, you are mad at the …
The Music of Divorce
For the first time in my life, I am beginning to understand why your kids like that stuff they call music. (I don’t understand why it isn’t music yet, but maybe that’s part of the …
Was Jesus Married?
As a member of the public, you should never, never, take biblical scholarship too seriously. You can only do that if you are a scholar yourself, and carry not only the training but the responsibility …
A Flash of Wisdom
Insight comes in small packets. There’s no landslide of wisdom. You can’t go to school and take a course in Wisdom 101. But she is everywhere. Every day, she is always around. Solomon said, Wisdom …