As the debate on CV-19 continues with cognitive dissonance while smoldering fires within our cities cast a dreary haze bespeckled with the glint of projectiles hurled by “peaceful protestors,” there is an acute awareness amongst the majority of our citizens that something is terribly wrong in America. Our nation has seen its fair share of crazy upheavals.  We’ve had a civil war and have the T-shirt and statues to prove it.  Now, there’s talk again of civil war.  Despite that drastic chatter, this strangely seems worse.  There permeates within our midst a deterioration of a ..read more

As our Governor here in Georgia methodically enables more businesses to re-open, we slowly slip from the shackles of quarantine and return to a new normal that many of us wonder and worry whether it will resemble anything like the old normal. The Wuhan virus will definitely leave a scar. Could things be worse? As a thought exercise, envision the gruesome scenario of a more deadly pandemic. What if catching this virus meant death was certain—a 100% fatality rate? Consider the paralyzing fear, hopelessness, and sheer terror such a plague would cause.  Life would be an agonizing and anxious ..read more

As we hunker down in our homes trying to avoid a lurking, unseen, viral enemy, we notice the impact and emptiness it has caused. We see empty restaurants, offices, and movie theaters. We drive on empty streets, witness empty shelves in the grocery store (especially on the toilet paper aisle), and hear the empty sounds of silence of fellowship forced to stand six feet apart. This Sunday will be a first for everyone. Pastors will gather at the churches prepared to give an Easter message to an empty church. Yes, it will broadcast or Live streamed, but when in our nation’s history have we ever clo ..read more

In gaming theory, there’s an interesting game to play to test your loyalty, priorities, and worldview. OK, it’s not that dramatically revealing, but clever nonetheless. It’s called the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Let’s say, you and a buddy rob a bank and you get away with a big haul of cash. The police know you did it, but they don’t have enough evidence to prove it. So they arrest the two of you for a lesser crime and take you to different rooms for interrogation. Here’s the choices that you face. If you both keep quiet, you’ll each get 3 years in jail. If one of you turns on the other, then the o ..read more

 Are we a nation under God? The question is not whether we were founded as such a nation, but whether we wish to continue as one. Our nation’s form of government is not a theocracy, but a Constitutional Republic. As such, its structure is typically considered to be secular. This is a misleading extrapolation of facts, however. One could take the wisdom sayings from the book of Proverbs and fashion it in a secular way, yet the source of that wisdom still remains in God. In our nation’s first official document, the Declaration of Independence, God is specifically mentioned four times—in th ..read more

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there. It’s a special day of remembrance of our fathers, be they still with us here on planet earth or have been promoted to the next realm. The role of father is very important in the life of a child. Learning about the respect for authority, living a principle-centered life, and being responsible for one’s actions are common themes taught by a Dad. I was one of the lucky ones to be blessed with such a father and to have such wonderful parents. Unfortunately, there are many who are not as blessed as me. Sometimes these lessons of how to behave and be ..read more

As we recognize the immense heroism displayed 75 years ago on the beaches of Normandy, we are reminded of a quote from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ: “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.” – John 15:13 Roughly 4,400 men paid that ultimate price on June 6th, 1944 to initiate the march of freeing the world from Nazi tyranny. My wife and I along with another couple recently visited that Normandy landing site. We stood at a German “pill box” overlooking the expansive sandy beach, weakly trying to imagine what it must have been like tr ..read more

How do you live the Christian life? How do you walk in the Spirit? There’s not a short answer to that, but we can address the critical concept that must be recognized. We can understand the procedure that gets us there. As the Gospel John tells us, “Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of Heaven” (John 3:3). Romans 10:9 states that “if you confess with your mouth ‘Jesus is Lord’ and believe in your heart God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.” To walk in the Spirit requires the presence of the Spirit and the presence of the Spirit within you requires the pro ..read more

The year 2019 marks the 160th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s epic thesis, “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.”  The premise of that elongated mouthful of a title is that all living creatures evolved through naturalistic methods from a common ancestor. At the time it was a clever and intuitive proposal leading to the modern-day creation of evolutionary biology science. Its model has always sparked intense debate and that remains until today. Science has made significant strides since this theory was int ..read more

Well dear reader, for all of you who have travelled along thru this series of blogs, we have now reached the end of the writing part so it’s time to transition from thought and word into action and deed. If you’re just now joining us, well, you’re catching the epilogue, but if this post seems sufficiently enticing, then you can go to the first blog (Feb 14th) and read through to now to get the thrilling and thought-provoking details. Therefore, before we begin our trek of actions and deeds, let’s take a look back at our thoughts and words in a summary format and review a la the infamous Cli ..read more