Before reading this blog post read Genesis 1 & 2 in your Bible or online. Order and chaos are at odds with one another. At first blush, chaos may seem attractive. After all, chaos evokes thoughts of freedom, spontaneity, and independence. Order in comparison can appear rather droll. It makes us think of uniformity, everything…
Before reading this blog, read Genesis chapter 1 in your Bible or online. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." This opening statement is not ambiguous, nor is it metaphorical. The discussion of metaphorical vs. literal interpretation of Creation and following events as described in Genesis is of important further discussion, so…
There were 1,322 murders in Texas in 2018. Every murder is a tragedy. Under certain conditions even a single murder can throw an entire community, indeed an entire nation into turmoil. In Texas, just as in other states, we have laws on the books and law enforcement organizations in place constantly working to prevent murder,…
Today I once again had the opportunity to visit Southwest Women's Surgery Center (SWSC), an abortion center in Dallas. I wrote about a previous visit back in 2017, but it has been a while, and I wanted to put something a little more recent out. I also wanted to write something consolidated for all the…
Do you hate abortion? Do you wish to see it abolished? You should. It is the great evil of our time. Since 1973 we have murdered over 60 million babies in the United States through abortion. In Texas alone we murdered over 55,000 babies in this manner in 2014. I pray for revival and an…
I wonder, sometimes, what attending church would have been like in Nazi Germany. It varied, I know. While many German churches embraced and supported Nazi rule and ideology, there were some others that opposed the regime. By and large, however, it is my understanding that many of the churches in Germany marched lock step with…
https://youtu.be/gdgPAetNY5U In this powerful video Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor discusses the unimaginable horrors she faced at the hands of the Nazis at the infamous concentration camp Auschwitz. Within about a half hour of arriving she was separated from her mother, father, and her older sisters who she never saw again. Eva and her twin…
In July 2015 I had the opportunity to participate in some sidewalk counseling in front of an abortion clinic in Dallas called the Southwestern Women's Surgery Center (SWSC). If you're not familiar with it, sidewalk counseling is the practice where one or multiple individuals stand near an abortion clinic and talk with those entering and…
In the cult classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, there is a story about an immensely powerful computer called "Deep Thought" that is tasked with coming up with the answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. In the story, Deep Thought agrees to take on the problem, but it…
Would Jesus support the death penalty? That is the question posed by Jonathan Merritt in an article in The Atlantic in 2014. It's an interesting question, and it is reminiscent of the question, "What Would Jesus Do (WWJD)?" that was so often asked in the 1990s. Although it's pretty clear from the get-go where he stands,…
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