The Failure of the Church

I recently read an excellent (ongoing) series of news articles in The Epoch Times about the history of public education in America. The author, Alex Newman, carefully documents for the reader the methods by which a succession of individuals and groups holding ideologies that drastically disagree with those of the founding fathers of the United […]

Ears to Hear

He who has ears, let him hear.” Matthew 13:9 The above verse is from the Parable of the Sower, which is about how various people respond to hearing the Good News of salvation through Jesus. If we read the whole chapter, we find that not everyone who hears and even accepts the Gospel will actually […]

Salty and Lit

Today, I ran across this short speech from last year by Elizabeth Johnson (“Activist Mommy”) where she said that the young people are now referring to positive things as “lit” (formerly “cool” or “neat”) and negative things as “salty.” I didn’t know those words had been hijacked along with many other words, such as “gay” […]

To Inherit or Not to Inherit

The reason I write about the topic of this article is that people have been deceived into thinking it’s okay. With some of the other things in the list in the Bible passage below, people KNOW they are wrong things to do, but sometimes do them without even realizing it–or they slip from time to […]

Mirror, Mirror

I’ve been thinking about how unnecessary, and often even harmful, mirrors can be. They encourage us to focus on the outward appearance rather than the inner condition. They enable us to make comparisons with others, feeling prideful if we think our appearance is more desirable than others. (Why? Did any of us choose our looks or […]