The most memorable advice my grandfather gave my father in his younger years went something like the following: “If you don’t know what to do, do something, even if it’s wrong.”More
Tag Archives: Repentance
Lamentations 3
Consider the inclusion of a reference to arrows being shot into kidneys, or the destruction and fate of the daughters of my people and city, or eyes being worn out from weeping.More
How to Have a White Christmas
To my way of thinking, if we would sing this song, we are saying we have everything else we need to celebrate Christmas. The only thing left is a fresh blanket of snow.More
American Character and the 2022 Election Not Changing Much Socially or Politically
If most Americans have either remained stubbornly polarized, or else defiantly disengaged, it’s not all that surprising that the election outcomes are still coming in upside down.More
Hating Your Own Country Is Just As Bad As Loving It Too Much
In both extremes – loving America too much, or hating her instead – we refuse to call our nation to repentance, and perhaps all the more when repentance is so desperately needed.More
Regarding Anger, Fear, and Anxiety as Sins to Repent Of
Are anger, fear, and anxiety sins to be repented of? Some believe so, pointing to the presence of commands in the Bible to put away anger, fear not, and be not anxious for anything.More
Local Church Discipline, and the Statement on the Removal of JD Hall from Fellowship Baptist Church
A certain ‘Statement on the Removal of JD Hall from Fellowship Baptist Church’ was published July 25th, 2022 at the website for that church. It deserves close attention. More
A Good God on What Passes for a Bad Day
God knows more truly than we do the events of the day, and what purpose He has to work them all to the good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. More
Uvalde, Texas and How to Stop School Shootings
If we want to stop school shootings like the one that happened in Uvalde on Tuesday, what is needed is not more Gun Control. What is needed is more Self-Control and Family Control.More
Overturning Roe v. Wade and Righteousness Exalting a Nation
Rumor has it the U.S. Supreme Court may have already decided amongst its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that declared abortion legal. More