Category «Culture»

Even In Mayberry

Yesterday morning I was reading headline news from across the nation and one headline in particular grabbed my attention.  It read, “Man Charged With Killing 4 In Mayberry Model Town.” On Sunday,  November 1, 2009 four men were murdered in the small town of Mt. Airy, North Carolina.  For those of you who are not …

Pass It On!

I’m sure you’ve received many of them…An email that says “if you pass this on to ten people in your address book, God will send you a special blessing. It worked for me!” Have you ever wondered how to respond to such emails? I’m sure many of you have no problem finding the “delete” key, …

Jimmy Carter Leaves Southern Baptists

You have probably heard that former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter has recently severed his 60-year ties to the South Baptist Convention.  The reason for his action is that he is accusing the Baptist denomination of subjugating women and attempting to justify it with “a few carefully selected Bible verses.” Former President Carter …

Illegal Immigrants

In recent months, I have received quite a few emails from Christians bemoaning the number of illegal immigrants in our country.  It is not the purpose of this brief post to discuss what our national policy should be with regard to this issue.  Frankly, I don’t know enough about this issue to suggest a policy, …

Euphemisms

I am afraid that unwittingly, we have been a party to lessening the impact of sin in the lives of other people.  How so?  Through the use of euphemisms.  Our society seems to want to dress up nearly every undesirable concept with “soft,” and “friendly” words. For instance, getting fired is called a “career change …