Fear Fatigue

Sometimes I wonder if there isn’t some conspiracy to create false fears.
We had the scare about gun confiscations once Obama was elected. Now that might happen, but it won’t be right away. People are still sucking up huge quantities of ammo, and the gun trade is still pretty strong, but it’s not in the news [...]

Can’t Walk Away

The one thing which matters most in our human existence is conviction.
The model of human nature to which I subscribe assumes human nature is a trio: flesh, mind and spirit. We can’t really separate them very well in actual practice, but it permits academic discussion. Further, I posit not every human has a living spirit; [...]

Responding to Official Arrogance

What’s it to you?
I’ve written before there is a thread in the Covenant of Noah which permits some armed response to oppression. The point is not so much self-defense, but removing a threat to the community. That assumes you have first already done all you can to build the sense of community which calls for [...]

Rules of Change

With all this talk of “change” going on in the past year or so, perhaps we should take a moment to discuss something about the act of making changes itself.
A great may proposed changes can be presumed to come at the point of a gun. Granted, the mainstream media are doing all they can to [...]

Silly Debates on Creation

Recently my surfing has taken me across a collection of discussions about Creationism and Evolution, along with the variations attached to them. A primary flaw in all of this is making it man-centered.
By “man-centered” we are dipping once again into the sin of Hellenism. Go ahead and look up that term. A fundamental element of [...]

Religious Music Woes

Why do so few overtly Christian songs break through commercially? How come there aren’t any powerful musical accomplishments among Christian musicians to rival, say, the long string of major hits by the Eagles? So I’ve been asked at times.
First, let’s make sure everyone understands there is a bias in secular music management against Christian music. [...]

Truth Is No Threat

Loose lips sink ships. But only if the government owning the ships has rejected God. So let me propose a counter sound-bite: “Truth is no threat to the honest.”
Secrecy assumes there is no God. The Lord promised Israel if they relied on Him, He would take care of all the details and no enemy would [...]

They Call It “Protest Art”

As a kid, I dabbled in graphics arts some. I used to carry a sketch pad a lot of places and did impromptu renderings of things I saw. As an adult, I managed to paint a couple of murals which people actually wanted. Most of that faded before I was 25. By no stretch of [...]

Better Than Horoscope

It is not necessary to be spiritual to get a word from God on things.
Consider: Under Moses, the designated priests could get a word from God regardless of their spiritual condition. All they needed was ritual adherence. There were, of course, other factors, such as the nation’s faithfulness as a whole. There also has to [...]

Noah and the Power of Islam

Why would God allow Islam to spread so relentlessly around the world? Because so many nominal Christians have no answer for this, they have concluded God wants them to destroy the Muslims through war. Isn’t Islam and evil religion?
Islam is not a religion, per se. It is best to view Islam as a social milieu [...]