In recent years much ink has been spilled over people leaving the Church. The conversation has taken many forms (some more helpful than...

Political issues predictably grab our national focus, but a presidential election can take up all the proverbial oxygen in the room. It...

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people. (Proverbs 14:34) Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who...

“We have met the enemy, and he is us.” On April 22, 1970, cartoonist Walt Kelly used this parody of a famous quote from US Naval officer...

Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who...

Sometimes I don’t even know where to begin. I try hard to approach all of life with a sense of balance. I don’t mean “balance” in the...

The world in which we live can be so dizzyingly chaotic and overwhelming that many people dismiss matters of faith and religion as...

April often brings to mind thoughts of springtime, vibrant blossoms, and new life. What better time to consider the new life offered in...

In the first chapter of the book of James, we read, “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen,...

As this year flees quickly away, we enter the season known as Advent in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Advent simply means “coming”,...

November has been designated National Gratitude Month, which seems like a logical choice for the month containing our national...

The War for American Independence began April 19, 1775. It seemed to be both unwanted and inevitable. Tensions had been rising for...

We live in a world of division, fear, and anger. It doesn’t require overly keen powers of observation to discern this. Every conceivable...

I am a rock. I am an island. And a rock feels no pain. And an island never cries. So sings Paul Simon with the acidic bite of a jaded...

It would be quite surprising if anyone reading this were unaware of next week’s midterm elections, and I feel compelled to address the...

The Christian life is lived in the constant tension of “the now and the not yet.” We live in a sinful, fallen, distorted world, but, in...

This was not the article I intended to write, but some things are to big to pass by. When in the course of human events… In 1776 our...

“There oughta be a law!” “We can’t just sit here; we need to do something!” “Saying ‘I’m praying for you’ doesn’t mean much; someone...

Spring sure seems to be taking its sweet time in arriving this year. We are entering May, yet temperatures are still hovering in the...

April showers bring May flowers, right? Truthfully, I have a hard time seeing past the mud. Don’t get me wrong; there are definitely...