Posted on Tue 15 November 2022 in Blog • Tagged with Leadership, Government, Life, Christian Life, Politics
I am writing this today on an annual event here in Michigan: Opening Day of gun season for Deer Hunting. Where I live this is a typical mid-November day: air temperatures in the 20F to 35F range, a trace of snow coming down, and sun low on the horizon.
Last …
Posted on Sat 17 September 2022 in Blog • Tagged with Reality, Life, Christian Life
Let's look at this carefully. First there is a lot of nonsense spoken by people who think that they are Christian, and by people who aren't Christian but they know what one is. Here are some things that a Christian is NOT:
Posted on Fri 29 April 2022 in Blog • Tagged with Reality, Life, Christian Life
I haven't made a new post here for awhile. It's not that I have nothing to say; it is more like there are a lot of things that I could say, but haven't yet figured out how to say them. I think I know what to say better now.
Posted on Wed 20 January 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Leadership, Government, Life, Christian Life
Today was the inauguration of Joe Biden, the new United States President. As I muse on the events of this past election season, I see a trend that during my lifetime has gotten worse, not better: lack of candidates who are skilled and wise in leadership, and lack of representation …
Posted on Fri 26 June 2015 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Growth, Christian Life
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage. How are we Christians, who have the clear teaching of scripture on such issues, to react to it?
One thing is certain, the way to react to it is the way we should react to everything in life; take …
Posted on Mon 02 February 2015 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Growth, Christian Life
As I write this, I am sitting in a airport waiting on a delayed flight. It is not that we don't have a airplane; we don't have a flight crew. A winter snowstorm that passed through the area (and later hit the East Coast) has caused the mess.
This set …
Posted on Wed 07 January 2015 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Growth, Christian Life
In the Thru The Bible daily bible study, we are currently studying the book of Hebrews. We have arrived at chapter 11, a chapter that some call "The Hero's of Faith". This chapter opens with a definition of what faith is:
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for …
Posted on Sun 21 December 2014 in Blog • Tagged with Christian Life
On this, the fourth Sunday in Advent, I have been thinking a lot about events this year. I'd like to ask my fellow Christians a question: "Are you for or against?"
"What do you mean?" you ask, "For or Against what?".
What I mean in this; when evil confronts you …
Posted on Sat 29 November 2014 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Awareness, Christian Life
Duane updated part of this article with some more recent examples in early 2021. The reader may not remember some of the original news items from 2014
I don't think anyone can refute this statement: "In this world, we are being given more and more propaganda and encouraged to think …