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COSETTE

COSETTE

Meet Cosette. She is a homeless, hungry waif. Perhaps she is from El Salvador and currently waiting for an opportunity to cross the U.S.-Mexican border illegally (unless she or her family can receive bona fide immigration papers.) Or, maybe she’s Syrian, living in Turkey, and hoping for a boat to Greece. Regardless of her point of origin, she’s likely not welcome at her destination. In Europe, she may spend the winter in a refugee camp with only a tent over...

Is someone pulling your strings?

IS SOMEONE PULLING YOUR STRINGS?

This morning, I read a report that people who have gotten the COVID vaccine and who decide they want it removed from their body can bathe in Borax, a toxic substance that will allegedly “remove” the vaccine from their body (and nevermind what the Borax will do to your skin.) This “cure” is nonsense, of course. But it is an indicator of how desparate people in our society have become–what sorts of fantastic notions they believe, and how far they...

The weapons of our warfare

THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE

Today, there was a story out of New York City involving the Greater New York chapter of Black Lives Matter. Hawk Newsome, the leader of the chapter, threatened violence if the newly elected mayor of Gotham restablished the city’s anti-crime unit. According to Newsweek, Newsome said to reporters outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall after the meeting: “If they think they are going back to the old ways of policing then we’re going to take to the streets again, There will...

Let Children Vote at Climate Change Conferences

LET CHILDREN VOTE AT CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCES

Glasgow, which is hosting COP26, has a familalr motiff. It’s predominantly male, made up of middle-aged politicians who have parochial national agendas, who enjoy being wined and dined at hospitality suites, skillfully adept at putting off any meaningful progress (before the next global summit, anyway.) We’ve known the planet is in danger for several generations now, and the environment keeps getting worse. We’re destroying our children’s future, and they have no formal say in the process. Why not let children...

The truth is out there. UFO crash

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

Those who have watched–and enjoyed–the X Files will especially appreciate this post. You may remember Episode 17 of Season 1, titled E.B.E. when Fox Mulder is having his conversation with Dana Scully. Mulder says to Scully: “The truth is out there.” The redacted response reads something like this: Scully: “Mulder, the truth is out there, but so are lies.” Today, there are a lot of Mulders running around, posting to social media, sending unsolicited e-mail to family and friends, warning...

Asleep at the Switch. The careless Christian

ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH

The point of this post is to illustrate that each of us plays an important role in advancing the Kingdom of God whether we realize it or not. God gives us our “marching orders” in His Word by providing us with “leadings” to call so and so, visit such and such a place, pray for this or that, etc. It is important that we respond immediately and obediently to these prompts, whether they make sense to us or not or...

The Last Roundup

THIS COULD BE THE LAST ROUNDUP PARDNER!

In Genesis 6:3, Scripture recalls “And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man . . .” There may be several possible interpretations to this passage, but there are two points that seem to favor the argument that it should be taken at face value and literally. First of all, the verses that follow in Genesis 6 speak of a judgment, where Noah builds his ark and then the doors of the ark are shut. At that point, it...

The First Thanksgiving

THE FIRST THANKSGIVING

This year we will observe the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving held by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay Colony under the supervision of William Bradford. Nearby, Massachusetts Bay Colony would be settled nine years later by a religious group known as the Puritans under the command of John Winthrop. By 1640, there would be 10,000 settlers at the Massachusetts Bay Colony, whose growth rapidly surpassed that of the Plymouth Bay Colony. And, while we celebrate Thanksgiving in November, it...

In memory of

IN MEMORY OF . . .

these noteworthy and talented Americans that we lost to COVID. The poet John Donne once wrote “Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” Meditation XVII – Meditation 17. As a former hospital worker, I’ve seen people die of disease in the past (including my late wife), and it is a terrible and humbling thing to behold. For all we know, except...

A Prayer for our Earth

A PRAYER FOR OUR EARTH

I believe the world and our nation are being threatened and fractured as never before. In the U.S., we see families bitterly divided over politics, prudent medical treatments, national aspirations and current events. Hundreds of thousands of people are migrating across national boundaries here and on other continents, driven by hunger, war, and despair to uncertain futures and all too often, to hostile welcomes. People are desparately searching for spiritual answers in life. But, we evangelicals who have these answers,...

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