"Get a free printer, scanner or webcam," the Dell computer ad shouts.
"Hurry, before the spirit of giving leaves us." You buy our product
before the spirit of giving leaves us! Christmas used to mean
more. (December 23, 2000)
Presidential elections stymied in America and Moldova. No controlling
legal authority. Where there is no divine revelation, no vision of God, the
nation casts off all restraint. (December 9, 2000)
Once there was no room for him in the Inn, now there is no room for him
in Christmas advertising. Once Christians appropriated December 25th for their
own holy day, now it seems to be reverting to its previous owners.
(December 2, 2000)
Thy will be done! Even if Father's will means that my business fails,
even if it means that my sickness is not healed, even if it means that my
candidate for president loses! (November 25, 2000)
It is as deadly as a bomb, rifle bullet, or knife, but its destructive
power continues almost without limit. And some of its practitioners call
themselves "Christians." (November 11, 2000)
How can we trust a candidate to courageously serve all of his
constituents if he supports and promotes the deliberate murder of the weakest
among us? (November 4, 2000)
One of the enduring legacies of the Clinton Presidency is his continual
degradation of women: the willing and the unwilling. Now comes the president's
ultimate degradation of women – William Jefferson Clinton and RU-486.
(October 28, 2000)
"I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant is faithful
100 percent!" Horton, the Elephant, could be trusted that his statement was
true. What about the rest of us? (October 21, 2000)
The most exacting set of instructions on living a successful marriage
was written by a bachelor who advised celibacy. But when actually lived by a
man and a woman, Paul's instructions to the church at Ephesus produce
marriage-changing results. The trouble is, when we hear it, most of us listen
to the wrong parts. (October 7, 2000)
Forgotten in the rush to strip the Boy Scouts of their historic
position is one simple fact: respect does not automatically mean approval, and
defense does not automatically mean ratification. (September 30, 2000)
"Look out how you use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is
not easy to call them back. They wear long boots, hard boots" (Carl Sandburg,
Primer Lesson). (August 19, 2000)
How refreshing it would be to hear someone, a baseball player, a
politician, a sales clerk, anyone, say, "I did it. I was wrong. Please forgive
me." (July 29, 2000)
If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough
evidence to convict you? If so charged, would you have the courage to plead
"Guilty," knowing a death sentence awaited? (July 22, 2000)
When is pilot error not pilot error? How can the New Testament be
guilty of "establishment of relgion" and the Old Testament not be guilty?
(July 15, 2000)
I did not expect Peter Jennings to find Jesus on Monday night,
certainly not the Jesus of the Bible, not with members of the Jesus Seminar as
his primary guides. (July 1, 2000)
Practice makes perfect "they" say. In golf, perhaps. In life, perhaps
not. But it will at least let observers will know where we stand. (June
24, 2000)
I am tired of my rights being trampled, of my membership in a faith
group being totally discounted. I am tired of someone as powerful as Procter
and Gamble saying, through their corporate decisions, that my adherence to the
Jesus of the Bible is insignificant. (June 17, 2000)
The saga of "Procter & Gamble and the Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Television Show" is easily outlined. Understanding P&G's unfolding
corporate strategy is puzzling. Maybe evangelical Christians are to blame.
(June 10, 2000)
When Anna and Charles Stanely divorced, Paige Patterson called it a
"wake-up call for America." The wake-up call has been ringing "off the hook"
for decades. We have just pulled the pillows up over our heads and gone back
to sleep. (June 3, 2000)
This week we witnessed the most unusual convergence of "national weeks"
imaginable. Valentine's Day was the first day of the National Week of Chastity
and National Condom Week. (February 19, 2000)
If Jesus were to appear at a press conference today and a reporter were
to ask him what he thinks of the church which carries his name, what would he
say? (January 8, 2000)
Meet a mother who prayed for twenty years before she received the
answer to her prayer that her son would come to know Jesus Christ as his Lord
and Savior. (Special from 1993 – Reflections from my first trip to
Russia)
In Samara in 1991, girls up to 18 years old had a total of 500
abortions. In 1992 the number of murdered babies sky-rocketed to 5000. In
women over 18, there were so many abortions, the number could not be
tabulated. Abortion is now the "preferred" method of birth control in Samara
and throughout Russia. (Special from 1993 – Reflections from my first
trip to Russia)
Going to Volgagrad (briefly named Stalingrad), I thought about a
harvest field called Russia. God has called Americans to help harvest the crop
faithful Russians have been planting for 70 years. This is not our revival, it
is theirs. And I suspect that it is not so much our prayers which has brought
on the harvest, but theirs. (Special from 1993 – Reflections from my
first trip to Russia)
When I wrote this column, Lena Borisenka was 19. I've never seen anyone
win my wife's heart so quickly. There was an instant attraction between Lena
and Bonnie. The young Russian Christian had long been one of my favorites. She
is a precious young lady, full of life and the love of Jesus. Today she is
married to Sergei Groodson, the mother of two precious children, Ann and
Zechariah, and an active member of her church. Meet my "Russian daughter." (Special from 1993 – Reflections from my first trip to Russia)
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