“People who have the support of loved ones are less likely to develop health conditions – and more likely to have a longer life expectancy. The more social ties people have at an early age, the better their health is at the beginnings and ends of their lives.”   In a study that examined the link... Continue Reading

“The Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation is selling its property for $8.5 million (under value) to a non-profit entity that will, with county funding, develop the lot into a high rise apartment building offering 173 affordable housing units.”   There was a sad, revealing story in The Washington Post  about a century old Presbyterian church near... Continue Reading

“Even John Calvin considered that a church that was weak and inadequate in many ways, IF the gospel was faithfully preached, was still a New Testament church. So work toward receiving that brother’s preaching of Christ. Encourage him in doing so. Pray for him.”   Recently, a brother from a small town in the south... Continue Reading

“In The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honor in contemporary society. Both astonishing and prophetic, this books is one of the most debated of Lewis’s extraordinary works.”   In a 1993 talk, Peter Kreeft, professor of philosophy... Continue Reading

“Following the lead of the inspired New Testament writers should certainly lead us to 1) find Christ in the Psalms and 2) recognize that God has given us fitting words of praise that reveal the beauty, majesty and person of the LORD Jesus Christ in the Psalms.”   I don’t claim to be a logician,... Continue Reading

A spokesman for the British Humanist Association said: “We welcome the Department for Education acceptance that schools need to teach not just about religions as part of RS but also about non-religious worldviews such as humanism but we fear, as a result of the Secretary of State’s original error, that many schools will continue to... Continue Reading

“Take heed to thyself. Your own soul is your first and greatest care. You know a sound body alone can work with power; much more a healthy soul. Keep a clear conscience through the blood of the Lamb. Keep up close communion with God. Study likeness to Him in all things. Read the Bible for... Continue Reading

“Your God is faithful and true. His commitment to his plan and his love for you is unstoppable. Sure, make your resolutions and keep them. But through it all, rejoice in the God who makes his own set of resolutions, and is resolved to keep them. God never fails!”   At the start of the New... Continue Reading

It was a move of necessity. His family had no money after his father’s business failed when Dabo was in high school. Ervil Swinney quickly plummeted into a cycle of domestic abuse and alcoholism. “I come from the most screwed-up dysfunctional situation,” Swinney said. “You’ve got violence. Police at your house. Your dad’s gone. Nowhere... Continue Reading

“Wilberforce recognized that activism without tact was ineffective and represented poor stewardship. Tactlessness wastes the talents God gives us to advance his kingdom. Thus Wilberforce not only learned the rules of savvy politics; he mastered them.”   The reaction to the now 10 undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood executives haggling the body parts of aborted babies has evoked numerous comparisons... Continue Reading