BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY:Then Moses said to the Lord,“O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” So the Lord said to him,“Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not...

　　Weekend, September 21, 2024 　　In Our Own Image 　　Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. (Romans 1:21 NLT) 　　There is something wrong in our lives when we need an...

　　Give Us This Day 　　By Lynette Kittle 　　Bible Reading 　　“Give us today our daily bread.” - Matthew 6:11 　　Y2K, COVID 2020, and end-of-the-world forecasts all invoke fearful, self-preservation, survivor thoughts, and feelings of needing to store up supplies in preparation of a coming, looming disaster. 　　During the great toilet paper shortage of 2020, when store shelves, warehouses, and online shops...

　　“The true history of the West will never be told until Wyatt Earp talks. And Wyatt Earp ain’t talking.” 　　– Bat Masterson to Stuart Lake 　　It can be a tragedy when modern filmmakers try to romanticize history. Nevertheless, Wyatt Earp’s story demands romance. While fiction may portray truths about the human condition that history cannot, Earp’s story is an instance...

　　A full-length film on Ronald Reagan has been needed for some time. Reagan’s presidency changed the direction of this country in a way that progressives have never fully reconciled themselves with. The new film Reagan, directed by Sean McNamara and starring Dennis Quaid as the man himself, recently opened to decidedly negative reviews from major film critics. Even conservative film...

　　Avoiding the dangerous trap of prejudice 　　September 19 　　Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. -Colossians 3:11 　　Catherine Booth was known as the “Mother of The Salvation Army.” Wherever she would go, large cross sections of society—princes and paupers alike—would gather to hear her...

　　She is the Princess of Asturias, Princess of Girona, Princess of Viana, Duchess of Montblanc, Countess of Cervera, and Lady of Balaguer—but you can call her Leonor—and she may be the Spanish constitutional monarchy’s best hope. She is an encouragement to the other major European constitutional monarchies, several of which are transitioning to a new generation of monarchs. At some...

　　For almost a decade, many thoughtful people have agreed that something called “liberalism” is under assault in America without ever concretely explaining what liberalism is. Two weeks ago, John McGinnis brought unusual clarity to the discussion in these pages with a two-sentence summary of liberalism that was comprehensive and specific. Liberalism, he said, “has historically been marked by independent courts,...

　　In his 2003 book How the Idea of Religious Toleration Came to the West, Perez Zagorin observed that most citizens of Europe and America prize freedom of religion more highly than any other values and practices of Western liberal democracies. This comment may seem rather quaint today. Antiliberalisms have risen, in both religious and nonreligious varieties, which feature a suspicion,...

　　Making It through Sickness and Health as A Couple 　　By Lynette Kittle 　　“In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself” -Ephesians 5:28 　　So many marriage vows these days leave out staying together “in sickness and in health.” In my estimation, it’s a huge mistake. Sometimes people are...

　　Even the most politically apathetic Americans are aware that tensions in our country have been steadily increasing, with rising fears that we stand to reach some sort of unimaginable boiling point where it all comes crashing down. While seemingly far-fetched and difficult to picture what it would look like in reality, discussions of a looming apocalyptic civil war are not...

　　The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10 　　After the sudden and untimely death of my mother a little over two years ago, an all-consuming and unrecognizable grief hit me like a ton of bricks. While I had experienced loss before, this...