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The One Question Everyone Seems to Be Asking
"I have come as a Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness." - John 12:46 (NASB) Abraham with Sarah and Hagar Image credit. wga.hu It seems everywhere you turn today people are asking, "Do Christians and Muslims worship the...
The Embers of Our Empires
Image credit: awestomy.com "Rosebud." It was the last word spoken by millionaire newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, the fictional character portrayed by the incomparable Orson Welles in the 1941 classic Citizen Kane, a film many believe - including yours truly -...
When God Surprises Us With Blessings We Would Rather Do Without
Psst! I'm going to let you in on a little secret about me, okay? Not that you want or need to know, but, here it is anyway. I don't like surprises. In fact, I loathe them. If you wanna get on my nerves, surprise me with something. Anything. It doesn't matter what it...
The Fallacy of Gun Control as a Means of Behavior Change
In 1975, the band Earth, Wind, & Fire released an album entitled That's the Way of the World. Thirty years later, in 2005, Rolling Stone magazine listed the title song, "Way of the World", as one of the 500 greatest songs of all time at number 337. Hauntingly...
Christian, Is What You Believe a Conviction or Merely Your Opinion?
Image credit: appsdirectories.com “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” Luke 6:46 (NASB) The website religionnews.com recently reported the results of a 2014 Pew Religious Landscape study of where various religious denominations stood on the...
James Brown: The Godfather of…Theology?
Image credit: billboard.com I was raised in the "Black Power" era of the 1970s. In many ways, the environment that composed the decade that was the '70s was much like it is today. It was a period of great social and political uncertainty, when the "Soul Music" of...
Living The Gospel Is Hardest When We Are Right
Image credit: tithing.com Among the numerous movies in my personal collection of DVDs are several that are based on biblical themes. One of my favorites is the 1965 film The Greatest Story Ever Told starring Max von Sydow in the role of Jesus Christ. There are several...
Racism, Inc. (or Why Some Who Call For An End To Racism Don’t Really Want It)
Vivian Leigh and Hattie McDaniel in 'Gone With The Wind' Image credit: businessinsider.com Racism. It seems the incessant noise about race relations in America is becoming more deafening with each passing day. The topic has become so ubiquitous it's as if the very...
Poll Confirms What Many Already Know: Black Americans Support Charter Schools (But The News Isn’t All Good)
Students at Harlem Success Academy, a free, public elementary charter school in New York. Image credit: democraticunderground.com An article published recently by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) reported the results of a poll conducted by the...
The Person You Intend To Vote For In 2016 Did Not Die For You (Remember That)
Image credit: haaretz.com All politicians are sinners. [Insert "Thank you, Captain Obvious!" retort here.] We know this, of course, because we are all fallen human beings and, by nature, all fallen human beings are sinners (Romans 3:23). Nevertheless, there is a...