The media these days seemingly gets no greater joy than to magnify anything that President Bush does as somehow stemming from his being dumb or stupid. After, all who could argue, he is a conservative! Quite interestingly though, one might ask why, if he is so dumb is his I.Q. in the 120s when the [...]
We should never underestimate the number of ways our worldview shapes us as people. Our worldview is the grid by which we view everything. It has been said that human beings are not content with disorder. When we see chaos we immediately seek to find an “orderliness” somewhere. When we look at the stars in [...]
Many Americans are angry about the proposed governmental bailout of several of our top financial institutions. It is clear others will join the ranks of those who have already collapsed, certainly if the bailout does not occur, and maybe even if it does occur. Bank failures are nothing new. In the 1980s banks and savings [...]
Many Americans are angry about the proposed governmental bailout of several of our top financial institutions. It is clear others will join the ranks of those who have already collapsed, certainly if the bailout does not occur, and maybe even if it does occur. Bank failures are nothing new. In the 1980s banks and savings [...]
There is a very popular song playing over the airwaves right now on country radio stations all over our land. The song by artist Kenny Chesney is entitled “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,” and it goes like this:
Well, it has happened once again. A major hurricane has come ashore on the U.S. mainland, this time targeting extreme southern Texas and portions of Louisiana. The silver lining, I suppose, is that in this day and time, unlike times past, we have an unbelievable ability to track a storm many days before ever a [...]
Do you get as tired as I do of all the crazy gimmicks, sales pitches, and downright sneaky underhanded ways businesses and companies try and get your money? Personally, I am not an impulse buyer myself. Rarely, if ever, am I tempted to grab a 3 Musketeer or double A batteries in the check-out line, [...]
In God’s economy there is a place for everyone. Some find their place, but unfortunately others do not. When I became a pastor in June 1995 of a small church in Oklahoma, one of my first acts as a brand new wide-eyed, zealous minister of the Gospel, was to sit down with the membership roles [...]
The old adage, “truth is stranger than fiction” is a fitting description for the world in which we live. So much of what we are witness to these days would not hardly make a believable movie plot! These are strange and unsettled times!
Wow, have you been watching the Olympics? They are great! People are talking about Michael Phelps and his amazing feat of winning an unprecedented 8 gold medals in a single Olympic games, breaking the record of 7 by swimmer Mark Spitz which had stood since 1972. Watching Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson compete in gymnastics, [...]