I’ll tell you a secret. A lot of people’s worry and anxiety arises from a doubt.. a deep down and unstated doubt that God is really on their side; that he intends to bless them. They may be a Christian, have faith, do the faithful things, have a great deal of evidence that he is […]
On church authority, I know it’s a complicated issue. On the one hand, those entrusted with authority can abuse that authority. It happens a lot. There are often those that are willing to be given authority as if they deserve it but unwilling to limit that authority to its legitimate use. In the Bible, all […]
If you want to practice the management of your emotional and spiritual estate there are tried and true Christian methods. First, consider your God. He is vast, and powerful. He knows all things, hears all things, sees all things and considers. He is the “big God” of the Bible and not the small god of […]
Homeschooling isn’t just an educational thing, though it is that at least. There’s also the educational temperament, the social teaching of the day, the culture of negativity and anger, the delusion that there are no fixed biological traits that manifest themselves as gender, the aggression toward historic Christian thought, the reinterpretations and false tellings of […]
Everybody’s not a “Presbyterian”. Presbyterianism is a form of church government where the leadership are required to be elected by the congregation they serve and all congregations are related in accountability to other churches. As such there are no “independent” churches and also no popes. I think it’s in the Bible but a lot of […]
The yearly reading of “A Christmas Carol”… A necessary corrective to the myriad Christianities of self indulgence that swirl around us like so many bees, buzzing and stinging, “More of this and of that! Personal peace and power – in this life!” So easily Jesus can become a mere vehicle of our own successes; the […]
I was watching the news today and the murder rate is the highest it’s ever been. Some cities have open war in the streets with the gangs. There’s little the police can do and the public officials have no interest in stemming the tide. This kind of thing has happened many times before in history; […]
I’ve been writing religious exemption letters for the folks that need them. I’ll be happy to write one for you but there are a few rules. First, you must have a sincerely held religious objection. That might seem obvious but it can’t be reducible to a purely medical or scientific objection. Second, those two can […]
I’m still getting all kinds of questions about Halloween and it’s really very simple; it is an official religious holiday for the worship of the dead. It has been so for more than a thousand years. This is not new information. This is not a secret, a trick or an innovative interpretation. This is just […]
“When you say you’re celebrating Reformation Day aren’t you REALLY just celebrating Halloween?” Answer: No. Really not. I’m not even Catholic. I don’t feel any duty to give a sacrificial offering of foods to the dead or the saints, or the spiritual forces of darkness in order to secure my personal safety. “Some people are […]
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