Why So Much Sexual Harassment and Assault?

Wow, the spigots have been turned on wide open and left on. Once the Harvey Weinstein story took off concerning sexual harassment and assault, accusations have been flying at every turn. We have even more accusations coming from the entertainment industry, some even against big name stars. But it is…
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Discussion with Atheist about the Nature of Reality

As one of his offerings for the MarketFaith Ministries newsletter, Tal wrote a two part series called “Six Questions Atheists Can’t Answer.” You can read them at:
Six Questions Atheists Can’t Answer: Part 1 (http://www.marketfaith.org/2016/01/six-questions-atheists-cant-answer-part-1/)
Six Questions Atheists Can’t Answer: Part 2 (http://www.marketfaith.org/2016/02/six-questions-atheists-cant-answer-part-2/) There were several responses to these articles…
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Do You Seriously Want Racial Peace and Harmony?

Recently there has been a big deal made about removing confederate statues. The main reason given for this is that it is supposed to promote racial peace and harmony. Since the statues are offensive to some people, if you remove the offense you get peace, right? But is that really…
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Living in a World of Lies

I don’t know about you, but frankly I am getting quite tired of all the lies and shenanigans that have become the norm in political discourse. Even the media outlets have become so partisan, that they appear incapable of simply reporting the news. It seems that the highest priority is…
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Living a Fantasy

When you hear the phrase, “Living a Fantasy,” what do you generally think of? Most people have visions of being rich and laying out on the beach with no worries, traveling to exotic places and seeing the world, or something of that sort. But we live in a world today…
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Oxford Dictionary’s 2016 Word of the Year: Post-Truth

Every year, the Oxford Dictionary chooses a word or phrase they believe captures the “ethos, mood, or preoccupations of that particular year.” Well, the 2016 word is out, and they chose the word “post-truth.” Wow, what a powerful indictment against our culture! But I believe they may be on target…
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Going to Church Is Not Enough

Some people make a lot of the fact that America is a “Christian nation.” But are we really? I know, in one sense, we started out that way. America’s founders were almost exclusively Christians, and they deliberately and specifically established our form of government based on biblical principles. And even…
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It May Already Be Too Late

As I write this, I must admit that I feel pretty lousy. I am not physically ill, but I am a bit discouraged. I feel that the special place called America is in a death spiral from which I am not sure there is a path to recovery. What has…
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Simple, But Not Easy

When we look at what is going on in the country today, how can anyone not be concerned. Of course, part of the concern is what is happening in the political arena. But that is only one symptom of a much deeper problem. Other symptoms include the massive number of…
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The Courts Silence Pastors

We are seeing more and more laws passed, and court decisions handed down, that are chipping away at one of our first freedoms – the freedom of religion. This started in earnest several years ago with the push to legitimize homosexual marriage. In those initial efforts, the push was primarily…
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