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Not too long ago I visited a church which, in view of virtually all statistics, was the leading church in its community. Their facilities were large, and the building was attractive from both the inside and outside. Newer portions of the facilities particularly stood out; evidence that much planning, consideration, and money had gone into [...]
On June 3rd Jacob “Jack” Kevorkian, retired pathologist and “doctor assisted suicide” activist, died at the age of 83. Some reports say he actually assisted in 130 or more of these type assisted suicides. It is because of these efforts that he received the nickname, “Dr. Death.” Kevorkian said famously, and repeatedly, that “dying is [...]
It is natural for human beings to generally prefer success over failure. The really tricky part though is determining, and then understanding, what really constitutes success. In his book, Failure: The Back Door to Success, Erwin Lutzer explores the issues of success and failure and offers a slightly different take than the typical consensus that [...]
Several times, just in my lifetime, there have been date setters who specified the end of the world would occur on a certain date, in some cases even pinpointing an exact time! Obviously each of these, one by one, have proven to be incorrect. Going back for hundreds of years some men have claimed to [...]
How often have we been given the advice, “Just follow your heart?” Maybe you have even given that advice to others. This certainly sounds good on the surface, but if we probe a little deeper it comes up a bit short. One of my friends has said one of her all-time favorite quotations is “live, [...]
Osama Bin Laden first became widely known after the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. But his name truly became a household name on September 11, 2001. He was the driving force behind Al-Qaeda’s brutal attack on the U.S. destroying the twin towers of The World Trade Center, heavily damaging the Pentagon, and [...]
D. James Kennedy writes, Most of the founders of this nation were Christians, with very few exceptions – about 5 percent. In fact, it is hard to find more than 5 of the 250 people considered to be ‘Founding Fathers’ who are not easily identified as Christians. George Washington was a devout Christian. Modern secularists [...]
Alexis de Tocqueville, the famous 19th century French statesman, historian and social philosopher came to American in the 1830’s to try and discover the reasons for the incredible success of this relatively new nation. He ultimately published his findings in a work entitled Democracy in America. He was especially impressed by America’s “religious character.” There [...]
Education is a topic often talked about in modern America. Every U.S. President spends a portion of his time speaking in favor of better education. There are repeated calls for more money for books and learning aids, more pay for teachers, better teachers, etc. Realistically America spends more money per student than the vast majority [...]
There has been a marked change in many realms of the American system over time, but hardly any area has changed as much as our judicial system. The judicial system once played a purely background sort of role. It was largely invisible and only intervening as a sort of last resort. As Alexander Hamilton noted [...]