"Can anyone hide from Me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?" says the LORD. — Jeremiah 23:24, NLT War is the application of violence against an enemy for political ends. It's a brutal business, but in the midst of the killing and destruction men can act with honor, ... Continue reading
Crazy Heart: A story of redemption
November 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I used to be somebody, but now I am somebody else I used to be somebody, but now I am somebody else Who I'll be tomorrow is anybody's guessWhat was thought to be the right way turned out the wrong way after all What was thought to be the right way turned out the wrong way after all What ... Continue reading
Redeeming America
March 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
Today's liberalism may stand on decades of failed ideas, but it is failure in the name of American redemption. [Liberalism's power is that]... it addresses America's moral accountability to its past with moral activism. ... Liberalism's glamour follows from its promise of a new American innocence. ... Continue reading
Before Easter comes…
March 21, 2008 By 2 Comments
Before Easter could come, he passed through betrayal, abandonment, false accusations, humiliation, mob rule and a judicial system disfigured by the lust for power, a system that mocked truth.Before Easter could come, he stumbled through a gauntlet of angry fists, hurled insults, a shower of ... Continue reading
Billy Preston
June 7, 2006 By
His good nature seemed to define Billy Preston, who died Tuesday at 59 of kidney failure in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital. Indeed, it was Preston's sunny disposition that landed him his most famous gig as "the fifth Beatle."In 1969 the Beatles were nearing a fractious end, and the recording ... Continue reading
Gunslinger justice
May 2, 2006 By 2 Comments
For [God's] purpose is that all [humanity] should be saved and come to realize the truth. And that is, that there is only one God, and only one intermediary between God and [humanity], the man Christ Jesus. He gave himself as a ransom for us all—an act of redemption which happened once, but which ... Continue reading
The unbearable lightness of redemption
April 17, 2006 By 1 Comment
I know what I did and I don't want forgiveness... I don't deserve it... I can't bring Abner Easley back like he's some stolen chicken; I certainly made sure of that 23 years ago. I don't believe in some god who's going to open his arms to me even if I did. ... Which is why for me, I know I'll never ... Continue reading
Sara Groves: Add to the Beauty
October 11, 2005 By
"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of garden plants and grows into a tree where birds can come and find shelter in its branches. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast used by a woman making bread. Even though ... Continue reading
