People in the church have always had disagreements, and they always will because Christians are thrust together from all races, cultures and backgrounds.  This diverse nature of The Church often causes conflict between brethren and creates disunity.  For that reason, the Apostle Paul calls for acceptance of one another in spite of strong differences among brethren. Some of these disagreements are doctrinal in [...]

The past year has brought about many political debates and discussions.  This is an important part of understanding the issues at hand and taking care of them, but political discussions are often criticized for lacking substance and failing to actually engage the issues. Many years ago, Jacques Barzun, an American historian of ideas and culture, introduced the term “thought cliché” [...]

We live in a very desensitized society.  From television to shopping we’re inundated with sensual and vulgar images and speech.  These are obvious things from which Christians ought to abstain.  However, there are many subtle areas of desensitization in American culture of which we’re often unaware.  One of these subtleties are euphemisms. As Christians, are we really concerned about our [...]

I thought you might enjoy listening to these people who tried to predict what the future held: “That rainbow song’s no good.  Take it out.” – MGM said after 1st showing of The Wizard of Oz. 1897 – “Radio has no future.”  “X-rays are clearly a hoax”.  “The aeroplane is scientifically impossible.” Elvis Presley’s concert manager fired him in 1954 – “You ought [...]