One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of it; we’re no longer interested in finding out the truth; the bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too…
Righteous Defiance Is Dead
Today the vast majority of ministers are success oriented. Success means church growth, larger congregations, bigger buildings, bigger offerings, burgeoning statistics, greater notoriety, praise, invitations to speak at conferences, not to mention the financial perks and benefits that come with…
Wag the Dog
The 1977 classic, Wag the Dog, was seen as a bit of wickedly fun lampoon at the time but, like the cult classic Idiocracy, both seem to get less funny and more prophetic with each passing year. In Wag the…
Choose to Be Thankful
“We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and…
Voting Is An Exercise in Moral Judgment
The American political campaign has never been for the squeamish, according to George Weigel in his article What Voting Means. With the sole exceptions of George Washington’s two uncontested elections, every campaign, whether federal, state or local, has seen its share…
A Harbinger of Things to Come
Mahmoud al-Zahar, the chief political guide of Hamas, doesn’t mince words when it comes to their goal of destroying Israel and replacing it with a Palestine state. It’s not just about murdering every last Jew on the planet; it’s about…