Pursue Wisdom

In the late fall of 2020, Shelly and I were discussing how one could be a Christian and support the Democrat Party since the party stands for everything that opposes Biblical Christianity, including abortion, marriage rights, the Bill of Rights, family values, personal responsibility, et. al. We decided to contact her Uncle because he is a devout Christian and a socialist member of the Democrat party. We gave him a call, and his answer to Read more…

Speech for 2022 high school graduating class of Trinity Lutheran Church, Springfield, MO. Congratulations graduating class of 2022. You certainly are finishing your primary education and entering the world of adulthood at a very, very interesting time. There is an old Chinese blessing, May you live in uninteresting times. The point of this blessing is: regular, ole, everyday life is busy and exciting and hard enough to get right. Blessed are they who need not Read more…

Thoughts on Wendell Berry’s The Unsettling of America Years ago, Joel Salatin, the owner and operator of The Polyface Farm in Virginia, wrote in his book You Can Farm, if you want to farm, you’re going to have to stay home. No farm was ever successful when there was not anybody on the farm taking care of things. Jordan Peterson, in one of his talks on marriage said, “Marriage is two imperfect people saying, ‘I’m Read more…

Several years ago, James White (Calvinist) and Michael Brown (Armenian) debated over whether or not God has decreed from all eternity that some are elect to salvation and some are elect to damnation. This ages-old debate is an argument of predestination and election. Did God elect some to be saved and others to be damned? As a Calvinist, James White argues for, and Michael Brown argues against the concept of predestination. Today, as I was Read more…