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December 31, 2020
Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough
Today marks the last day of the year 2020. At midnight, with the tick of the clock, a new calendar year will be ushered in. Will the chaos of this past year continue on into 2021, or will that subside and give way to a more hopeful time? Folks will make New Year’s resolutions which […]
December 24, 2020
A Christmas Gift
What’s Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in ’em through a round dozen of months presented dead against you? If I could work my will,” said […]
December 17, 2020
Moral Dilemma
When most of us think about a moral dilemma, it involves moral choices we might be forced to make in particular life situations. Perhaps an unmarried adult child is coming to visit for a few days and is bringing their “significant other” with whom they are currently living. Do you let them share the guest […]
December 10, 2020
Is That All There Is?
The popular song “Is That All There Is?” was recorded by Peggy Lee and released in 1969. It reached number 11 in the U.S. Pop Singles Chart. The song was composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and based on a short story, “Disillusionment,” written in 1896 by Thomas Mann. Wikipedia notes: Most of the […]
December 3, 2020
Objections Noted and Overruled
It is fairly common to hear objections to our faith from the biblically uninformed. Two such examples are assertions that the Bible cannot be trusted, or a claim that current Christian beliefs conflict with the earthly life of Jesus. Currently, a meme which is attributed to the biblically uninformed actor, writer and political commentator, John […]
November 26, 2020
Thanking God
Life is complicated, wouldn’t you say? Many important and/or urgent issues vie for our attention on a daily basis. As human beings, we attempt triage, tackling the most vital issues first so the “patient” does not expire. Unfortunately, giving daily thanks to God for all the blessings of our lives too often languishes at the […]
November 19, 2020
The Infection of False Doctrine in the Church: Gloria Gaither and Richard Rohr Revisited
In 2017 I wrote how dismaying it was that Christian gospel singer Gloria Gaither would not only approvingly interview Richard Rohr, but she used his book, Falling Upward, in a Bible study. With the infectious spread of Rohr’s false doctrine in the church it seems time to address some of the material which I had […]
November 12, 2020
Revisiting “A House Divided Against Itself”
Fourteen years ago, right after the Bush v Kerry election, we wrote a journal article about the state of our nation, specifically about the yawning divide that had opened up between the two parties, or more accurately, between two dueling visions of what our nation should be and will ultimately become. It is almost eerie […]
November 5, 2020
Who is Guarding Your Children?
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate. […]
October 29, 2020
In the Beginning was Michael
If the Gospel of John in the Jehovah’s Witnesses New World Translation (hereafter NWT) opened with the first verse reading, “In the Beginning was Michael,” almost everyone, including most Jehovah’s Witnesses, would know there was something seriously wrong there. But few people, even some in ministry to reach JWs, realize that is – at least […]
