Category Archives: Application

In a recent survey by LifeWay Research, 78% of Protestant churchgoers say they have developed significant relationships with others at their church.  Those who attend church more frequently are more likely to strongly state they had developed such relationships.  However, … Continue reading →

My wife was going through her dad’s papers (see my blog on Robert Allen Coy from January 29, 2019) when she came across a newspaper article that he had kept.  The article was about the memoirs of a Japanese pilot … Continue reading →

One more takeaway from Amy Shively Hawk’s book Six Years in the Hanoi Hilton.  She quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson at the start of one of her chapters.  “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared … Continue reading →

In the last blog, we talked about the life of the Vietnam War POW James Shively.  In the book about Shively, the author recounts a story from John McCain who was also a POW along with Shively.  At one point, … Continue reading →

The book about the Vietnam War POW, Jim Shively, contains a tribute from a friend and a former POW cellmate.  This tribute concerns the character of Shively; the fact that even in the North Vietnamese prison he showed those he … Continue reading →

I was talking to an individual about my blog and book.  Specifically, our conversation was why some people just accept what the main stream religions teach while others need to search out, for themselves, the questions they have about religion. … Continue reading →

As I stated in my last blog, we are discussing prayer at the church I attend.  What caught my attention was that there are many verses in the Bible which simply instruct us to pray.  These verses have no preconditions … Continue reading →

In the church that I attend, we have been talking about prayer.  For me, prayer raises a lot of questions such as:  If God is all-knowing, why does he need us to talk to him in prayer?  He knows more … Continue reading →

Ri Le runs a very successful restaurant business and I have been a patron at his restaurant many times.  In a recent newspaper article about him, Ri Le states one of the most important moments in his life occurred 25 … Continue reading →

He was an honor student in high school and excelled in sports.  He was a World War II veteran serving in Korea.  He married Naomi and together they raised 10 children.  He was a farmer for most of his life.  … Continue reading →