When Jesus Says, “Mind Your Own Beeswax”

When Jesus Says, “Mind Your Own Beeswax”

Teddy Roosevelt once said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” How true. How often does our contentment vanish when we see (what we perceive to be) the superior condition of another person. We lack nothing until that catalog arrives in the mail, and suddenly we are...
My Top 10 Reads of 2020

My Top 10 Reads of 2020

2020 was perhaps the best year of reading I can remember since 1980 when I was fourteen and read twenty Louis L’Amour books and the Hobbit for the first time. Not all these books were released in 2020, but these were my favorites (in no particular order). Interpreting...
Let’s Not Forget What Abortion Really Is

Let’s Not Forget What Abortion Really Is

The issue of abortion has never been more contentious among Christians. I’m not referring to debates between Christians and non-Christians, but among those who profess to be followers of Jesus. So, let’s get back to the basics of what abortion is. A straightforward...
The Image is All We Need Anymore

The Image is All We Need Anymore

Rational discourse is out. The process of justice that has anchored the Western world is out. Even waiting to get the whole story or see the official report is out. All we need is a video, carefully cropped by the Controllers (as C. S. Lewis called them), and we roll...