Way back when, in what seems like another world, there was the day when I went back to school at about this time of year. The school year commenced the day after Labor Day, in September, and ended sometime around the middle of May. For several reasons, school at that…
Paul Derengowski, ThM It is not uncommon that the unbelieving world accuses Jesus of lying or some other kind of equally immoral behavior. In Jesus’ day, the Jews accused him of blasphemy because Jesus claimed to be the Son of God (Jn. 10:36). Today, websites are set up specifically to…
Today, in both the religious and secular worlds we hear an awful lot about building bridges. We all need to ignore our differences, seek out our commonalities, hold hands and sing Kumbaya. To disagree with anyone about their particular view about anything is construed as “hating” them, personally. And that…
Ever since Oklahoma City, where a monument was dedicated to the Ten Commandments and then challenged by the Satanic Temple and its donation to erect a monument dedicated to the devil, the Satanic Temple group has continued to seek opportunities where its message would be heard. Most recently, that opportunity…
All kinds of gibberish is filling the airwaves on what Donald Trump must to do defeat Hillary Clinton in November for Presidency of the United States. “He must keep his head low.” “He needs to quit attacking the Khan family.” If he would this or if he would do that,…
My wife and I went to see Dinesh D’Souza’s latest documentary, this time dealing with the history of the Democratic Party leading up to the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton. At first I was somewhat hesitant to go, thinking that this would be a waste of time and resources. By…
Well, it is finally over, and thank God for that! The Republican National Convention, which could easily have been called the RINO National Convention, is history. Speeches were given, reveling abounded, and what exactly did we learn from the spectacle? Here are few observations. First of all, there was a…
The Bible makes it perfectly clear that “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all nations that forget God” (Ps. 9:17). The wicked being every person engaged in some kind of unrepentant rottenness that defies God’s commands. Collective wickedness naturally causes a nation to “forget,” probably better rendered “ignore,” God,…
That’s right. I wrote it and it’s true. The world has gone crazy, having relinquished whatever little sanity it had and has lost its collective mind. Whereas only a few short weeks ago the world was teetering on a nervous breakdown, recent events have made it clear that it has…
Thursday evening I am enjoying dinner with an old High School friend a thousand miles away from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The food was great, but the conversation was even better, as we go back a long time and do not really get to see each other that often. Friday…