Love Edifies

"Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth." (1 Corinthians 8: 1) While Paul is writing in the context of putting aside empty arguments about ceremony, the truth that love...

Put Presidential Posturing, Republicans and Democrats

The year 2013 has not even grazed the last month, even though Christmas ornaments clutter the store shelves, yet Republicans are already handicapping the 2016 Presidential election. Fresh off a 60% win in two-to-one Democratic New Jersey, Chris Christie has waffled on...

What Would Reagan Do? — Who Cares?

Former Oklahoma Governor and White House staffer Frank Keating asks the singular (though hardly unique) question about the now-deceased Republican Messiah and standard-bearer: “What Would Reagan Do?” My answer: who cares? Reagan is dead, and the Republican Party may...

Let Go, and Make a Difference

Human nature wants to change the world, when taking it easy makes the difference. Still, people stump for a local politician to win a key race, or they join a club to carry the banner for a worthy (or worldly) cause. Men and women seek a means for fixing something,...

Social Liberalism Creates Fiscal Profligacy

"I am fiscally conservative and socially liberal." "I lean right fiscally, I lean left socially." "I believe that you should keep your money but do whatever you want with your body." "I want the government out of my wallet and out of...