While on a visit to Philadelphia recently, we walked by a book store named “The Wooden Shoe – An Anarchist Bookstore”. Seems a little odd since Philly calls itself “The City of Brotherly Love”, a translation of the Greek words philos “love” and adelphos “brother” but got me to thinking Read more…
One of my usual vacation activities is to read or study some topic connected with the geographical area of my vacation. Since part of our family vacation always includes time spent in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the South, some past topics have included Mountain Music, Slavery, and the roots Read more…
I work in the construction industry and in my role at work I must read all the contracts before they’re signed and returned to our clients. It’s work to be done very carefully because if you miss a detail in the contract all the handshakes in the world are not Read more…
“I hate, I despise your feast days, and I do not savor your sacred assemblies. Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept [them], nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings. Take away from Me the noise of your songs, for I will Read more…
I read a lot of financial postings and there’s one that came to my inbox a little while ago that was completely dismissive of Christianity. To be fair, the writer dismisses all religion as being ridiculous. But he decided to “dis” Christianity in particular. Our writer/atheist in point is financial Read more…
We are pleased to announce that Mr. John Lofton will be speaking at our July 20th Biblical Worldview Lecture meeting! Many of you know of John from his co-hosting The American View radio program with Michael Peroutka (Yes, the Michael Peroutka that ran for president back in 2004 on the Read more…
There’s not much good to say about the BP oil spill. Fingers are being pointed, and a lot of blame will be spread around. There is also the consideration that it was an “accident”, as all human endeavors are subject to error. The magnitude of the damage is yet to Read more…
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. -Genesis 3: 15 From dictionary.com, enmity is defined as “a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.” There are Read more…
My boss attended a mandatory safety meeting at the offices of a client a few days ago. The purpose was to emphasize the importance of the safety initiatives they are undertaking in order to enhance the profitability of their construction projects where our employees are subcontracted to work. There’s a Read more…
Over the years I have had countless Christians tell me that voting is a gift from God, a privilege that is to be taken very seriously. They even go so far as to say that not voting is a (gulp) sin! Using the word sin is very uncommon these days; Read more…