Thoughts from Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Ethics: “The American democracy is not founded upon the emancipated man but, quite on the contrary, upon the kingdom of God and the limitation of all earthly powers by the sovereignty of God.” We must take care to recognize that building something to “last” cannot happen. We may want democracy… Read more

I was writing a paper on St. Antony, one of the Desert Fathers who lived in 3rd Century Egypt. The aspect I was studying in his life was demonology. The Desert Fathers knew they had to do battle in the desert. They knew there was a real devil and real demons. Antony taught that those… Read more

There are those times I try and try and try NOT to make some political statement, but then… I just CAN NOT RESIST! For all the wringing of hands we have over the gas prices, a picture from Yahoo News tells it all. It happens to be Republican Dennis Hastert, but it could have been… Read more

Andy Crouch does a marvelous job cutting through the seriousness of our “culture war.” An article he has in Christianity Today cuts to the chase. Jesus was not shy about confronting the issues of the culture. However, he tended to be harder on the religious structure than the existing political and cultural structures. And here… Read more

In our search for the real Jesus in this season of celebration (commonly called “Easter”), we have the force-fed story about the “Gospel of Judas”, which is not really news at all. Along with that comes the long-running battle over who “owns Jesus” in politics. It is tiring. I have had people tell me you… Read more

A class I am taking on the Desert Fathers has the opportunity to enrich my soul again. My soul is parched. Abba Moses had some things to say about fasting I thought were powerful: “The old man was asked, ‘What is the good of the fasts and watchings which a man imposes on himself?’ and… Read more

Baseball season is upon us. Opening day is not far away. The Final Four in college basketball comes this weekend. No top seeds made it this year. Who in the world is George Mason? An 11th seed makes it to the Final Four? What a treat. Baseball still has the cloud of steroids. Barry Bonds… Read more

Carlton Pearson was once the darling of the Charismatic world. He is an African American preacher with amazing flare. In the past few years he began preaching the gospel of inclusion. Everyone gets saved in the end. No matter the belief you had in this life, you get to go to heaven. He said recently… Read more

Democracy or Republic? What was the intention of our Founding Fathers? What do we want in Iraq? Walter Williams, one of my least favorite conservatives, aggravates me again with a very valid column. Read more

At last! Someone who feels my “Royal” pain! Royals fans of the world…UNITE! All three of us. Read more