Going the Wrong Way
One of my all-time favorite movies is Planes, Trains and Automobiles. This 1987 comedy follows the adventures of two businessmen trying to get home to Chicago for the Thanksgiving holiday.…
A Great Victory?
"We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled." These momentous words, written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, recently sent shock waves across the American political landscape. Alito's majority…
Stuck in the Chair
There can scarcely be any regular churchgoer who hasn't heard a sermon comparing Christian faith to sitting in a chair. On such occasions, faith is defined as belief or trust…
The Coming Kingdom of God
The book of Revelation is the last book in the Bible. But we might also say that Revelation is 'last' in the sense of being the least understood part of…
Lunacy of the Left
For many years, the medical condition known as "gender dysphoria" slumbered in near complete obscurity. Gender dysphoria is a psychological affliction typically beginning in early childhood whereby an individual experiences…
2 + 2 = 5
My wife and I recently attended a theater-adapted version of George Orwell's novel 1984. Many readers will recall reading 1984 in high school. Orwell wrote this masterpiece in 1948. The…
A New Hope
On May 25, 1977, the movie Star Wars was released. Written and directed by George Lucas, Star Wars is an imaginative tale which transpired "a long time ago" in a…
Such A Lonely Word
Honesty, the famous song by Billy Joel, was released in 1978. The memorable chorus goes like this: "Honesty is such a lonely word, everyone is so untrue. Honesty is hardly…
This Is My Prayer
"And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may able to discern what is best and…
From Death to Life
In 1992, President Bill Clinton introduced a revealing phrase which described his stance on abortion. "Abortion should be safe, legal and rare." This position was intended to appeal to the…