Go Local Go Nowhere?

As a columnist in Southern California and New England for the past year and a half, I learned to expect that making one's way in the new media markets can be difficult, if not innerving. Print journalism is in decline, not just because of technology...

Even When You Try To Flee, He is Closer than Ever

Many Christians, whether new or long-term, talk about falling away from God, or going away from God. Much of the time, they get discouraged, seeing that they still engage in sinful thoughts and actions, that their behavior is not always "Christian-like."...

To Chris McDaniel: Let It Go

For election year 2014, Mississippi State Senator Chris McDaniel threw all into unseating a decades-old Establishment GOP incumbent in Mississippi.   US Senator Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi) McDaniel was a favored candidate not just of his candor, but for his...

Graduate School Love — Identity in Christ

When people talk about the love of God, and growing in knowledge of God's love, people tend to think that this love is about doing more. What does the Bible say? First, let us consider the prayer which Paul prayed to the Spirit-filled Ephesians: "14For this...

You Know that You Are Saved

"I don't know if I am saved." I cannot tell you how many times I have heard other people tell me that they are not sure whether they are saved or not. These individuals are sitting in churches, by the way. They even share the Gospel with other people....

Governor Brown's Unwelcome Welcome Mat

Governor Jerry Brown (Neon Tommy) Reporting on a recent meeting between Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and California Governor Jerry Brown, the LA Times announced: Jerry Brown: Immigrants, legal or not, ‘welcome in California’ One has to wonder who would...