Saeed Abedini and his family mourned an anniversary this week. Imprisoned by Iran because he is a Christian, Friday, September 26, 2014 marked Saeed’s second year of captivity. Iranian-born, Abedini is an American citizen—a pastor who went back to Iran (at the request of the government) to build an orphanage. Condemned ...

Wouldn’t it be nice if the Holy Bible summed up our entire duty in one short verse so that we had perfect and simplistic guidance on how to live our lives? Of course it would, and it does!. Let’s take a look at it: Ecc 12:13 Let us hear the ...

Jesus spoke of the importance of responding to an enemy with love. If your enemy strikes your cheek, you should give that person the other cheek to strike. If they compel you to run a mile, you should run two (Matt 5:39-41). It’s a simple principle to understand, but a ...

There is a lot of controversy today about interracial relationships. Some parents shun their children at the thought of being in a relationship with someone from a different ethnic group. The Holy Bible does touch base on these type of relationships, and I’m going to try to identify what is ...

Back in January, my wife and I decided to dub 2014, “The Year of Blessed Victory”. We had plans of successfully conquering everyday struggles and were hopeful that God would bestow a miraculous financial blessing upon our family. In retrospect, I can see God laughing at our infantile declaration. “I ...

Eighty years ago, it was a gold stick pin with small diamonds on each end. My great-grandfather wore it on his lapel for special occasions. In 1954 it was made into a ring with a white pearl on top and given to my mother for her eighth-grade graduation gift. From ...

For those who do not know, 19 Kids and Counting is a show on TLC about the Duggars of Arkansas.  The parents, Jim Bob and Michelle, began using birth control after the birth of their first child.  Michelle conceived in spite of the contraceptive, and suffered a miscarriage.  The deeply ...

The news makes me long for the words of Paul Harvey…’and now you know the rest of the story.’  There is always more to the story than a reporter can cover.  Frequently aspects of the stories emerge over time and change the entire tenor of a story.  Sometimes, the viewpoint of the ...

Once again the social evil of abusing women has come into focus with the recent stories of football players in the news. Football is not the issue here, but these accounts are a small picture of this greater “social epidemic” within our culture when it comes to some men having ...

How serious is the failure to follow all directions given? What happens when just one step is left out? Surgeons and nursing staff know the consequences: failure to follow all directions leads to 250,000 deaths per year! And not counting surgical supplies correctly results in “surgical souvenirs,” tools left inside ...