For many people, “science” seems to have replaced Zeus as the head of the pantheon of gods! In the last year alone, how many times have you heard the phrase “follow the science”? What I find most interesting is how fast “science” keeps chan...
Continue Reading“He loved Big Brother.” This closing line of George Orwell’s classic nightmarish-utopian vision of the future, 1984, summarizes the novel’s triumph of global tyranny over liberty, justice and truth. In the novel, Orwell traces: Winston Smith’...
Continue ReadingImagine you are watching a movie with a car chase scene. The driver of one car rolls out just before his automobile plunges headlong over a cliff, and the car smashes against rocks as it tumbles down, breaking into pieces and finally exploding. Now, if yo...
Continue ReadingDid God create, and is the Bible credible, or do time and chance account for all we see? The Creation vs. Evolution debate is a crucial struggle for the hearts and minds of young and old, with far-reaching consequences. Evolution undergirds the anti-God h...
Continue ReadingAs this unforgettable year winds to a close, and as the great Christmas hymn reminds us, in spite of all else, God so loved the world that He gave us Himself! Joy to the world! The Lord is come: Let earth receive her King! Christmas is truly a time wh...
Continue ReadingRight away an argument broke out. Since they had sailed north of their destination, the original governing arrangement did not apply, the troublemakers argued. They threatened to do as they pleased. But nobody wanted to chance still more days sailing sout...
Continue ReadingGrowing numbers of people gathered on the fertile plain watered by the two great rivers. There, in the sunny warm climate, they could easily harvest multiple crops per year. And they could easily mold bricks and set them with tar and asphalt from the abun...
Continue ReadingAs I write to you this month, the unique “madness” of the year 2020 continues unabated. Do you remember the classic movie “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”? Made in 1963, it starred an all-star cast of comedians and was really quite funny. In th...
Continue ReadingThe “Desert Father” Abba Anthony (251-356 AD) said, “A time is coming when men will go mad [crazy], and when they see someone who is not mad they will attack him saying, ‘You are mad, you are not like us.’” Certainly the world seems to have be...
Continue ReadingThis I recall to mind, therefore I have hope. It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion saith my soul; therefore will I hope in ...
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