I am grateful that we have freedom of speech and can argue and debate. I have lived in countries where we could not make public our thoughts. Those that were made public were deliberately twisted to misguide us. The Germans interpreted the American News Media that the U.S.A. would bow out of the conflict and that prolonged the suffering for us for two more years. We were on the verge of ending the war with three mysterious bombs. We know where they ended up with their scientists. We had Ghettos in Poland, but you would not think they already had them in Chicago and New York City. I could tell you a lot more only arguments are fruitless and deceptive.

The dictionary defines "rehabilitation" as restoring, re-establishing and even renaming. I was in a fire and it took 18 months to restore me to health and another seven years to train me so I could live and compete in this world. When I faced death, I became keenly aware how brief this life is and how long eternity is going to be. I have accepted Jesus' promise that if I were to die for Him by a hand other than mine, I shall be rewarded in eternity. Jesus came to give His life and not to take life and so should I? This has been my reformation and it has helped me to understand when politicians talk about rehabilitating religious terrorists.

Love is abstract or merely an idea that we must put into practice or use. It is like a body without hands and feet. It speaks but unless we put meaningful action into it, it remains mysteriously abstract. For that reason man has defined love as sensual and as charitable. We define love by our actions, behavior and civility (I Cor.13). No one has illustrated love in action better than Jesus our Lord (Jn.3: 16).

At the National Prayer Breakfast the President said, "You can question my policies but do not question my faith." How can this be when Jesus wants His followers to be seen in public for their deeds (Mt.5: 16)? How can there be a Christian prayer meeting without Jesus? Jesus demands to be acknowledged (Mt.10: 32-33).

It is a fact. The First Amendment of the Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law on establishment of religion, or prohibit the free exercise thereof...."

I had an interesting conversation with our oldest grandson. I asked several questions and made some comments, his answer was the same, "sure." Just how sure was he? He was not and neither was I. When I asked him what the word "sure" meant, he said, "Write a Blog."

The claim that Marx and Engel were the fathers of socialism or communism is debatable. From the inception of human government, history and even the Bible is filled with occurrences where people at the bottom moved to the top by the process of elimination. In my lifetime, I have witnessed this procedure in Germany, Poland and Russia where I once lived. Marx was against a capitalism that manipulated the common people. He believed that the masses could govern themselves and share in their labors and profits. His attack was directed against the wealthy nobles and rich industrialists. He actually tried to avoid a repetition of the bloody revolution in France. Unfortunately, Marx or Engel did not believe the Bible that all men are not just sinful but very greedy.

The claim that Marx and Engel were the fathers of socialism or communism is debatable. From the inception of human government, history and even the Bible is filled with occurrences where people at the bottom moved to the top by the process of elimination. In my lifetime, I have witnessed this procedure in Germany, Poland and Russia where I once lived. Marx was against a capitalism that manipulated the common people. He believed that the masses could govern themselves and share in their labors and profits. His attack was directed against the wealthy nobles and rich industrialists. He actually tried to avoid a repetition of the bloody revolution in France. Unfortunately, Marx or Engel did not believe the Bible that all men are not just sinful but very greedy.

A little girl was learning to skate with much taller youngsters and a trainer was watching. That evening the trainer knocked on the little girl's door and asked her mother permission to let him teach her to become a champion. Her mother did not think that she was doing well enough on the ice because the other children were skating much better. The trainer agreed but gave his reason for choosing her, "She is fearless, that I cannot teach her." Her name is Oksana Baiul, Olympic ice-skating world champion 1993.

Jesus quoted Isaiah 61: 1 in Luke 4: 18, "I ...have come to set the captives free." Who were these captives? Can they be compared to the criminals in our jails? The answer is No!