True Success
The last two lessons (“Be Not Discouraged #1 and #2) were against the discouragement coming from an apparent lack of success. This invites the question of what success really is. The world has many ideas of success. The most obvious is money, but other measures include high profile jobs and what money can buy, like houses, automobiles, planes, boats, etc. Money can also attract a beautiful or handsome spouse. It allows one to be in the “cool crowd”. People also see fame as a
Praying to the Saints?
In a YouTube video of music by a particular Baroque composer, one of the commenters says “I PRAY TO GOD, OUR LADY, KING JOSEPH, ANGELS...
Community Churches Part 2: Comparing Community and Denominational Churches
In the first part of this article I noted the rise of “community churches” in recent decades, and then some of the problems associated...
Community Churches, Part 1: What is Wrong with Denominations?
It is obvious to anyone who travels even locally, that there are a great number of “community churches” that are not affiliated with any...
A Good Joke
This is a joke heard from Itzhak Perlman, violinist: A Russian teacher told his pupils that he would quiz them on history by giving them...
Ashamed to Repent?
Here is a short excerpt from the end of chapter one of Robinson Crusoe, after he was saved from a shipwreck early in life. He had gone to...