Everywhere you look is a demanding mob, a scandal, a crisis, a crime. And every lying politician promises to solve these problems with new taxes and restrictions, which only make our lives harder. Real, live politicians smile and lie and cheat better than any movie villain ever did. At a time when we are desperate for leaders who are trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent, a few good Scouts would be far more welcome than all those lying politicians put together.

After the election I had a dream. I was in the midst of many people who looked with either disdain or indifference at the plight of others. Certain people suffered violence and death, while others did not. It seemed quite arbitrary. Even though some had compassion for the victims, they didn’t really do much to help them. The saddest thing about this dream is that it seems more like reality than a nightmare. Too many people just don’t care.

The election is almost upon us. We’ve been anticipating it and agonizing over it for far too long. The time has now come to make our decision. Do we go broke making endless repairs? Do we trade in for something new, obligating ourselves to new debt? Or do we love our country enough to see the true value of the American Dream and care enough to fully restore our nation, so that once again we may thrill to the greatness it was when it was new? Is it worth restoring? How will you vote?

We live in interesting times. Stemming from the misapprehension that America is morally obligated to insure the so-called democratic freedoms of Libyans, we hastened to support their civil war. And when Gaddafi was brutally and mercilessly murdered, our giddy Secretary of State casually gloated, “We came, we saw, he died.” Less than one year later, our ambassador and three other Americans were assassinated. So much for meaningful foreign policy.

Some commentators have said many voters will decide not to participate in November’s election. If you are one of those voters, this article is written for you. Rather than allowing yourself to be discouraged, please take a moment to reconsider. Is it because you don’t like the choice between the Democrats and the Republicans? Are you tired of the “lesser of two evils” approach? Do you think it really doesn’t matter who wins the election?

One of the difficulties in communicating the gospel of salvation in Christ is that we, as Christians, tend to speak our own language. “Churchianity Christianese” uses words with specific theological meanings for believers, the significance of which is often missed by unbelievers. These words carry powerful religious connotations which can turn people off just as easily as get their attention.

Although there is no denying that olympic athletes are among the best up and comers in the world, their performances are overshadowed by the pomp and circumstance that glorifies an almost religious attitude toward global unity through athletic competition. The olympic games take athletic competition and elevate it to the apex of human endeavor, making the medal winners heroes, not only for sports enthusiasts, but for everyone in the nations they represent. Nationalism is reduced to the level of a high schooler cheering for the home team. Lost are the history and institutions that define peoples, nations and cultures. Lost are the moral and civil underpinnings that give meaning to our social structures.

A Jewish understanding of Scripture tended to be holistic, and not as prone to consider the natural world differently from how they thought about the divine. Adopting that ancient Jewish perspective when we study Scripture will go a long way to preserve the wholeness of our faith. The church can still recover from the dichotomy of thought that has allowed us to assume the autonomy of reason and compartmentalize our faith. We just have to learn how to think.

The Fourth of July is called Independence Day because it commemorates the Continental Congress ratifying the text of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. However, I seriously wonder how relevant Independence Day or the Declaration of Independence is to Americans today, especially with such a large segment of the American public desperate to be DEPENDENT on government tyranny to provide things to them at the expense of their fellow Americans.
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In a comment to my article, “Authority For Faith” an atheist countered my statement, “Atheists and skeptics insist that “Science” should be the authority for everything” by saying, “What Atheist and skeptics simply point out is that if you make an extraordinary claim, then your evidence to support the premise must also be extraordinary.” Why would he believe that faith in God is making an extraordinary claim?