I have recovered from the shock I experienced while driving recently. Yes, I’m feeling much better, but can I be blamed for almost choking on my own tongue when I hear an ad extolling the virtues of family dinners from, of all places, Columbia University. Yes, that Columbia University, the Read more…
I recently heard an interview with a financial analyst who has written a book interpreting the novel Moby Dick as an allegory for our stewardship of the earth. The premise of the interview is that we are approaching or have actually entered the era of declining petroleum production and that Read more…
Pastor Jones of Gainesville, Florida, has gained worldwide attention with his decision to burn copies of the Qu’ran. “Attention” is perhaps too mild a word; horror, reprobation, condemnation or perhaps celebrity are better descriptions. How should we look at this? A dear friend has described Islam as “a scourge on Read more…
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…