A recent trend I’ve seen which greatly disturbs me — even angers me, at times — is a tendency for Christian believers to divide themselves from one other according to their pet doctrines. This is much like the old East-Indian parable of the blind men and the elephant: Five blind men heard an elephant had been brought into… Read More »
One of the major negative phenomena which has occurred since the inception of the World-Wide Web is that of the “Internet troll.” For those of you unfamiliar with this particular item of techno-jargon, a troll is a cyber-bully, a person who gleefully and/or angrily comments on various articles and discussions on all sorts of websites in the most… Read More »
Last Saturday night, using free tickets a friend of my wife gave us, we attended the production of an abridged version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Prescott High School in Prescott, AZ. It was the first time for me to see the play; I’d of course heard of it, but had never… Read More »
A hue and cry has arisen among the Racial Grievance Industrial Complex concerning Adidas’ new JS Roundhouse Mids sneaker. Two Burning Questions What could possibly have given these constantly-playing-the-racial-victimization-card demagogues the idea black people were the only targeted market segment for this particular model of footwear in the first place? This is like a self-conscious wallflower at a… Read More »
A couple of friends of mine from our former church in Tucson were posting earlier today on Facebook about the fall of the Berlin Wall back in 1989-1990. It reminded me of when I was in the US Army in then-West Germany (aka Federal Republic of Germany or FRG) back in the early 1970’s and they took a… Read More »
This about says it all, frankly!
Quite awhile back, I watched an episode of Dr. Phil where they were exploring the issue of homosexuality vs. Christianity. One of the lesbians appearing in that episode made the following statement: Let’s not forget that the Bible was used to deny women the right to vote, to support slavery and look what “good and decent Christians” did… Read More »
Merry Christmas! A lot of commentaries tend to come out this time of year dealing with the significance of Christmas. This is mine. The Burning Questions Is Christmas actually never mentioned in the Bible, and; Is this an issue we need to be concerned about? In mid-to-late December of 2008, I was seeking the Lord as to what… Read More »
