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ASCENSION

October 15, 2010

During our troubling times, we have another resurgence of a departure for heaven. Among Evangelical Christians it shall be similar to the ascension of Jesus. It is the belief that humans in some bodily form can ascend to heaven. Many…

MISGUIDED

October 12, 2010

Being human, we are all prone to be misguided. Salomon knew it when he wrote: “There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end leads to death” (Prov.14: 12). This is election time and we hear…

DEPARTURE

October 9, 2010

It has been some time since I visited a Senior Departure Center. These are the places named differently; nevertheless, they are places where we seniors make our last earthly abode. Recently, my wife’s sister’s husband departed and we went to…

REALISM

October 6, 2010

The other day, I heard a Christian clergy on the tube getting his people ready for a sudden and unexpected trip to heaven just prior to some terrible event. Earlier, politicians were expounding that their programs would create a utopian…

DEMORALIZE

October 1, 2010

I wonder whether we are taking to heart the concept of demoralization. It is a technique used by powerful minorities and politicians to gain the advantage over the majority and their opponents. Small pieces of pie are generously handed out…

MODERNIZE

September 25, 2010

Fifty years ago, we sang, “Give me the Old Time Religion.” Change was in the works. The majority of us did not take change serious. Some leaders attempted change on a larger scale but soon learned that the people were…

PEACEMAKERS

September 18, 2010

Thomas Hardy, Christmas, 1924 wrote: “Peace upon earth was said; we sing it and pay a million priests to bring it. After two thousand years of mass, we’ve got as far as poison gas.” Since then we have had the…

YOU OR WE

September 14, 2010

Last Sunday I saw myself behind a pulpit and felt guilty over the use of “you” rather than the “we.” My memory awakened to the past when I told the people, “you must repent, you must forgive, you must get…

CLARITY

September 12, 2010

President Obama’s talks often begin with “Let me be clear.” Then he adds, “My salvation depends on collective salvation.” Instantly, different conclusions are drawn. Black liberation theologians see the distribution and equalization of wealth. The Glen Beck program with some…

CONTEMPORARY

September 10, 2010

We are living in a progressive nightmare. Every generation regarded itself as being progressive but none as much as ours has. For example, the Bible for centuries was accepted with minor changes. Today we have many versions with cultural and…