Category Archives: Application

My dad recently sent me the following article from A Treasury of Bible Illustrations. A secretary on the job is engulfed in problems. Her husband left her; a son is in rebellion; she can barely make ends meet. She cries … Continue reading →

Awe is defined as an “overwhelming and bewildering sense of connection with a startling universe that is usually far beyond the narrow band of our consciousness”. [1]  Webster’s defines it as “an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that … Continue reading →

Sometimes faith seems to be an abstract concept suited only to scholarly discussion of religion and philosophy.  But faith does have an impact on our everyday existence and I ran across an example in an aviation magazine. Randy Rizor is … Continue reading →

The past two postings have been about faith.  In reading what Hebrews has to say about this topic, I came across a statement that struck me as being a different way at looking at our relationship with God. “Therefore God … Continue reading →

The last posting about faith was prompted by an article by Andrée Seu Peterson in World Magazine.  She mentions as aspect of faith of which I had not thought.  She observes:  “In fact, psychologically speaking . . .faith is always … Continue reading →

What is faith?  When asked many would recall the humorous story of the little boy who replied:  It is believing in something you know is not true.  As with most humor, there is an element of truth in this little … Continue reading →

Janie B. Cheaney’s article “The real idiocracy” in World Magazine is spot on in describing what passes as discourse in politics these days.  We don’t discuss ideas we congratulate ourselves on how right we are and we note how sad … Continue reading →

The high school from which I graduated is a boarding high school.  Recently they built a new girl’s dorm and decided to name it.  Why do we name things?  Because names define things, they define the characteristics of things, they … Continue reading →

There have been several cases reported by the new media of Christians who refuse to do business with individuals of the LGBT persuasion. Why do Christians refuse to serve the LGBT community? It is because the Bible teaches that homosexuality … Continue reading →

I’m reading Edward J. Larson’s book, Summer for the Gods. It is about the Scopes trial in 1925 in a small town called Dayton, TN and it concerned a Tennessee law forbidding the teaching of evolution in public schools. In … Continue reading →