Rick

 I got to thinking about Deuteronomy 10:18-19, which was part of my daily reading program today. He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the stranger by giving him food and clothing. So show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.   […]

We started hearing this term a few years ago. When it first started, we didn’t know what to make of it. Was it a good thing . . . or a bad thing? we thought it was probably a good thing to reflect and sort through what we believe and come to some fresh conclusions

Do you ever wonder what the organization Planned Parenthood is really all about? Is it a benign and helpful healthcare organization for women? Or is it a sinister machine that advocates and celebrates the sacrifice of unborn children? Or worse, does it have an even filthier design and agenda behind its “culturally appropriate” messaging today?

This is a fascinating review of history, culminating in the establishment of the United States of America.  Federer starts by asking, “Has America Lost Its Memory? Here we are the most prosperous and independent nation in world history, with more individual liberty and opportunity than any previous people, and yet we forgot how we got

Here’s the reality: I love good, clean fiction that has Christian overtones. The Demise has all that – and is a great read. Diane Moody weaves an interesting story about a small-town local girl who can’t seem to help herself when a good mystery arises . . . like when the larger-than-life town benefactor shows

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I’d never heard of this word before reading Pete Hegseth’s and David Goodwin’s Battle For The American Mind.  It’s a Greek word for formative education. While it has no exact English translation, Plato said that a student “is rightly trained in respect of pleasures and pains so as to hate what ought to be hated,

/*! elementor – v3.16.0 – 20-09-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} When was the last time you read a book or heard a story that forced you to reflect on your own faith? A couple of days ago, I finished “Back to Jerusalem,” and let me tell you, the stories of faith and commitment

/*! elementor – v3.15.0 – 20-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} I used to think Ground Zero meant only NYC and the Twin Towers. Now I know differently. There’s another place, here in the Philippines, where Ground Zero is equally appalling and real. It’s in a place called The Islamic City of Marawi, at