“They stole $77,000. And that was all of my savings.” Her voice was so soft I (Doug) had to lean in to hear her. “I’ve talked with the local police, the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission. The money is...
I’m self-soothing during these “unprecedented times” by learning about my Constitutional rights and teaching others. I’m not a lawyer and I can’t offer legal advice, but I can offer resources. If you, your employees or your neighbors and friends are…
America once made a conscious choice to step away from the language of war. In 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act, reorganizing our armed forces after World War II. Two years later, the Department of War…
Donald J. Trump may be the richest and oldest president in U.S. history, but beneath the glittering headlines lies a portrait of profound emotional and moral poverty — a leader marked not by strength, but by defensiveness, dishonesty, vanity and…
If I live another few weeks, I will soon turn 70 years old. Like anyone who has lived that long, I have seen many things come and go and change, one of the most bewildering of which is the degree…
I’m all in when it comes to separation of church and state. That’s why I oppose posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and wherever else legislators are clamoring to do so. That is The…
Is your church an aging congregation? If so, consider your senior adults an asset, not a liability. Seniors have been through hard times and are gifted in persevering. They are capable of dreaming again. Spend the capital to love them,…
Leaders of the Navigators were concerned when research showed many Christians felt unable to help other believers grow in their faith. Then they got to work. Now, five years later, they’ve released a free discipleship app that’s designed to fill…
The television show South Park first aired in 1997, the same year I graduated college. I don’t remember watching it right away, but by the second season, I was an avid fan. I was drawn to the show’s total irreverence…
Note: This article includes detailed discussion of child sexual abuse in the context of why God allows suffering in the world. Now the TheoBros are using the gospel to spread indifference about the rape and murder of 10-year-old girls….
A federal appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump’s use of an 18th-century law to swiftly deport accused Venezuelan gang members from the United States. The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled Sept. 2 the administration…
One breakthrough in my understanding of people decades ago came from studying personality types. This helped me accept that people are different and being different isn’t wrong, it’s natural. I quit trying so hard to change people. The reality is…
Fifty years ago, O.S. Hawkins and George Mason were not estranged in their affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention. Both men attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and went on to become well-known pastors in large Baptist churches. But a fork placed…
