by admin | Sep 23, 2020 | Issues
In the formative years of our republic delegates debated the issue of qualifications of public officials. As this question was being discussed in one such meeting a wise man called attention to a passage in the Bible. His name was Benjamin Franklin, and the verse he...
by admin | Nov 19, 2019 | Issues
About 1100 B.C. the Philistines were enemies and subjugators of God’s people, and Israel had sadly grown accustomed to the sorry status quo (Judg. 15:11). His chosen people having charted a path to self-destruction by plunging headlong into Canaanite paganism, God had...
by admin | Jun 25, 2019 | Issues
One of the worst kinds of pride is family pride. It is right for a family to feel good about the achievements of its members and to be thankful for its success. But when that feeling of self worth crosses over into vanity and arrogance, true character and spirituality...
by admin | May 7, 2019 | Issues
“And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua…And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works...
by admin | Nov 2, 2018 | Issues
Partisan politics is a serious problem. I’m not talking about Republicans versus Democrats. We hear enough about that division from elected officials and mainstream media. I’m talking about a one-sided view of government that goes much deeper. Like most of you, I am...