The only artist who is perfect in all forms of creativity . . . is of course God—the God who is Personal. —Edith Schaeffer, Hidden Art (1971) Come with me to the Alps and look at the snow-covered mountains. ...
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The 6th Commandment: Why Everyone On Earth Is Guilty Of Murder
Have you ever “lost” an argument? If you’re like most people, you always replay the argument in your mind. Of course, in the replay you always win the argument! You always smash ’em down and put them in their ...
Read More »The 5th Commandment: Must We Honor Our Parents If They Were Horrible To Us?
Exodus 20:12 says, “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” Where the first four commandments deal, primarily, with our relationship to God, the final ...
Read More »Why Democracies Fail
You can never have a revolution to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution. —G. K. Chesterton, “The Wind and the Trees” (1909) To an ancient Greek, “democracy” was inseparable from ...
Read More »The 4th Commandment: Are We Still Required To Keep The Sabbath?
If we’re honest, breaking the Fourth Commandment is one we might be not feel as bad about as breaking the other nine. Certainly, if you kill, commit adultery, or make a carved image, you should and usually do feel guilty. ...
Read More »The 3rd Commandment: What Does It Mean To Take God’s Name In Vain?
It always amazes me how young our children are when we see rebellion in them. I recall that our toddler daughter didn’t want to submit to my authority – or her mom’s authority. If she didn’t want to eat her ...
Read More »The 2nd Commandment: No, We Don’t Get To Define God
Imagine someone coming up to you and saying, “I want to write a memoir about your life. In my biography of you, you are an Olympic athlete, you’re terrible at personal relationships, and you live with 25 birds and 10 ...
Read More »The 1st Commandment: What Does It Mean To Love God?
Stop reading this for a moment, and try to say the Ten Commandments from memory. Do you know them? Many people may have heard about them on the news, but they have never read them. Exodus 20:7 lists the first ...
Read More »Freedom Of Speech: Can You Really Say Anything You Want?
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea offensive or disagreeable. — Justice William Brennan, Texas v. Johnson ...
Read More »Is Living Off The Grid Selfish?
When the managing director of an Australian power company last fall suggested that those who leave the electric grid and rely on solar power exclusively are “greedy and selfish,” a fair amount of off-the-grid enthusiasts balked. Paul Adams, managing director ...
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