Tag: Christianity

And Fear Them Not

“And fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matt: 10:28  Reasonable people would not argue the fact that,…

What Does It Mean to Be Christian

There is much confusion among the general public, as well as the religious community, concerning what it means to be Christian.  We are not referring to “getting religion,” or “joining a church,” or “believing and reciting correct creedal doctrines.”    In…

Remaining Faithful through Persecution

Many people suffer from depression this time of year, and I believe it has a lot to do with memories of Christmases past, and maybe a little trepidation regarding what’s to come as our calendars turn over, yet again. As Christians,…

What Happened to the Church?

In the mid 1960s, pastors were replaced as moral authorities in the community and new-age gurus began to arise in their stead.  I particularly remember Dr. Timothy Leary, who had earned his doctorate at Berkeley.  Leary founded the League of Spiritual Discovery (LSD)…

Woke Christianity

God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it. Daniel Webster Loving, guarding, and defending liberty is the full-time responsibility of every American but unfortunately, not every American loves the freedoms guaranteed…

Grateful to Be an American

I’m not proud to be an American – I’m grateful. I didn’t do anything to become a citizen of this country. I was just born. But in appreciating America today, I feel like I’m a freak or something. So many…

Redefining Christianity

Unbound, an Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice, tied to the Presbyterian Church (USA), is an online journal and community that caters to all forms of sexual identification in expressing different perspectives to further the “kin-dom” of God. Their latest…

Moral Decay

The late Allan Bloom wrote in “The Closing of the American Mind” that contemporary talk of “values” is what is left when society accepts the notion that there is no genuine right or wrong.   Moral issues are reduced to matters of…

Christians: Expect to Be Hated

I have read a lot of comments online. One time I saw one that particularly intrigued me, though not in the way its writer intended. I don’t remember what the story was about, but it dealt with one of those…

The Left Hates Religious Freedom

Today’s Democratic Party is the greatest threat in American history to each and every one of those 280 million Christians. The Party seeks, in the name of political correctness, to take God out of every aspect of our public lives. …

Losing Security, Comfort, and Freedom

“It is not our duty to leave wealth to our children, but it is our duty to leave liberty.” John Dickinson Imagine if you will a country, that in the first two paragraphs of its founding document, implemented a nation…

The Moral Fall of Civilization

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.  It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams Civilizations fall slowly due to a moral catastrophe. A moral catastrophe is not a failure of arms…