Jesus

One side of me says this is exhibit A in the commercialization of Christmas.

The road was an early education.

If you were ministering to drunks would you throw a kegger?

More than a few people are cutting the Netflix stream.

Then what are excommunications for, party gags?

He reminded men before they carried out punishment for sin they should themselves have clear consciences.

Revisionist history portrays the Crusades as evil and the Muslims as a heroic people defending their land.

During the holidays it really is easy to get lost in the commercialism of it all, and lose the meaning and the reason we celebrate. If we focus on the material we'll miss the true spirit of Christmas.

After filling in the last couple of mornings for the news guy I’m still struck by how depravity hasn’t changed since my first newscast 30 years ago.  It’s as old as mankind.  It has been with us for so long it frightens you when you try and define normal...

We all have a handful of liberal friends and they try and instruct us in faith.  They never go to a church but for a funeral or a wedding and they saw Jeffrey Hunter in a movie  and claim we’re all to take whatever smack down government and sexual minorities give us and never pass judgment… Christian isn’t a synonym for doormat...

As an American do you enjoy freedom of religion or freedom of worship and what’s the difference?  President Obama likes to refer to “freedom of worship” and it now appears his phraseology has trickled down through his administration.  This story attests to the subtle changes...

This Holy Week I’ve been thinking about my favorite Christian film.  It’s also my favorite Clint Eastwood picture.  It’s called Gran Torino.  If you watch the trailer I’m linking to here you’ll start to get my point.  There is a scene in the picture where Eastwood’s character, Walt, spots a neighbor girl about to be assaulted by a gang of thugs...