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New Year’s Resolution: Let’s Take Out Some Trash!
Wherefore, gird up the loins of your mind. . . — 1 Peter 1:13 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind. —Ephesians 4:23 So What’s In Your Garage That Can Be Tossed? Before we make too many resolutions for ...
Read More »Why Christmas Is Empty Without Context
We all know there’s a lot going on in the Christmas story. And we’ve heard it all before, right? Well maybe. True, there is something for everybody in the Christmas story. But the deeper you go, the better it gets. ...
Read More »The True Christmas Story Of Our Messiah, Savior, And Hero
Come, Thou long-expected Jesus / Born to set Thy people free. — Charles Wesley, “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” (1744) The Redeemer has broken every bond: / The Earth is free, and Heaven is open. — Placide Cappeau, O Holy ...
Read More »Regaining The Blessings of Liberty by “Appealing To Heaven”
The Blessings of Liberty . . . appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions. . . . —The Declaration of Independence (1776) …and to Him as the Supreme King and Judge, we commit ...
Read More »Worldview Matters – Especially At Christmas!
Lo, He abhors not the Virgin’s womb / very God, begotten, not created. — “O Come All Ye Faithful” Ideas Have Consequences. —the title of a book by Richard Weaver (1948) The Word Was Made Flesh Incarnation is ...
Read More »How Our View Of The World Affects Learning, Knowledge And Understanding
View Of The World: Here’s A Great Place To Start First of all, a good discussion with respect to how our view of the world affects learning has to start right here: God knows Himself. He is light without darkness ...
Read More »Sadly, Most Americans Have Lost All Sense Of Truth
It’s not a stretch in any sense to say that our postmodern world no longer believes in absolute truth. Objective knowledge and absolute truth are long since gone. Fragmentation, multi-culturalism, and rejection of any overarching meaning are now culturally normal ...
Read More »The Council Of Nicaea And Christmas- What Child Is This Anyway?
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. —John 14:6 Peace In Rome Brings Other Problems The world was finally at peace. Constantine had defeated his ...
Read More »Did The Pilgrims Really Come To America To Worship As They Pleased?
“The conscious or unconscious relationship to God in a man’s heart determines both man’s cultus and his culture.” —Henry Van Til What’s a Pilgrim? The Pilgrim Fathers, like Thanksgiving itself, are quickly slipping down the collective memory hole of American ...
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