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The last two months I have been on sabbatical leave and vacation. Usually sabbaticals are longer. I have taken three months every seven years in previous pastorates. Each one has been different. One included a preaching tour in New Zealand, another attending various...
HOW TO REMAIN FRESH AND FOCUSED ON WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE AND TO DO
Every morning I rise early, make coffee, and settle down for my time with the Lord. This time is essential for my spiritual health, for the focusing of my priorities, and for the deepening of my relationship with God. I share it with you in the hope that it may...
HOW TO BE PRODUCTIVE
A former colleague of mine always sends me a book every year on my birthday and at Christmas. This year for my birthday he sent me SMARTER, FASTER, BETTER: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg, an award winning reporter for the New...
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS AND MCCARTHYISM?
Using the historical analogies of the Salem Witch trials and McCarthyism, Mary Eberstadt in IT'S DANGEROUS TO BELIEVE: Religious Freedom and its Enemies, chronicles the efforts of the progressive-secular alliance in North America and Europe to enforce their dogma on...
WHEN SHOULD CHRISTIANS AND THE CHURCH CHALLENGE THE GOVERNMENT?
Continuing the insights of Jonathan Leeman in POLITICAL CHURCH: The Local Assembly as Embassy of Christ's Rule begun in my last post, he cites the writings of John Locke which informed the thinking of the Founding Fathers in the Declaration of Independence:...
WHAT SHOULD THE CHURCH SAY ABOUT ISSUES OF PUBLIC AND POLITICAL LIFE?
In the USA we are being bombarded with diverse views on the state of the nation. The national political debate pits two presidential candidates and their philosophies against one another. What attitude should Christians have about politics? What place should the...
AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE RACE PROBLEM IN THE USA
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was born in Jacksonville, Florida of educated parents who relocated from the Bahamas after the Civil War. In his enormously interesting and eloquent autobiography, ALONG THIS WAY, he tells the story of his childhood during...
HOW TO BE PATRIOTIC: A MANIFESTO FOR TODAY
Todd G. Buchholz is a former White House Director of economic policy and winner of Harvard’s annual teaching prize in economics. He has authored several books and written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, and Forbes. He regularly appears on PBS, NPR,...
BREXIT AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
Many of the issues that drove those who voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union are reflected in the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Freedom to have control of one's own destiny rather than to suffer the tyranny of...
IS CHRISTIANITY ONE AMONG MANY FAITHS?
William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury during World War II, was invited to participate in the World Congress of Religions – an inter-faith body. His response is a guide to how to handle similar invitations. “I have had many invitations to become associated with the...
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