As you start reading this, you may think this is a political blog. Wait until the end. I have a point, and it’s not political. Well, maybe it is, but I want to address the politics of church using a recent segment I saw on Sunday’s “This Week” on ABC. Continue reading “Adored and Ignored” →

I’ve always remembered what one of my Bible teachers said: “Bible in one hand, newspaper in the other.” But with the decline of newspapers it’s more like, “One eye on the news channel, and the other on your Bible,” which I’m not sure is helpful these days. Continue reading “I’m Watching Less and Less News” →

Have you ever felt that the television networks are always trying to cram a new series down your throat? I don’t mean they are just promoting the new series. Rather, they seem to have a hidden (or not so hidden) agenda in the program. Continue reading “Not God’s Definition of Family…” →

We are living in a day our forefathers of the faith could not have imagined. In a nation founded largely by men who believed in God, it’s hard to explain the secularism of our society. Most historians of our day ignore the influence of the Puritans. They also refuse to even register the fact that the “separation of church and state” was not a separation of church from state. It was merely a concern that America not be a monarchy and that we not have a national religion that favored one denomination or church above another. Continue reading “The Waning Influence of Religion” →

Throughout history we’ve had presidents at all levels spiritually. Some have claimed to be Christians, others have not. Some have used Scripture to season their speeches, others have not. Some have been moral and upright men, others have not. One claimed to be “born again” and won the office because of the Christian vote, but he wasn’t a very good president. Continue reading “The Faith of the President” →