Christian Stewardship Matters!

March 13, 2015   |  

Recently I read where a prominent and popular televangelist is asking 200,000 of his television viewers (I call them “his fans”) to donate at least $300 each for a special fundraising campaign. And what might that campaign be for? So his organization can purchase a new luxury airplane for his…
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The Fabric of Our Faith

June 12, 2014   |  

A number of years ago I worked in the men’s clothing section of a large department store.   I was not there long but I did learn a few things about the garment business. One key thing I learned was about the quality of various fabrics. Fabrics are the basic textile…
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LDS Now Has 85,000 Missionaries!

April 7, 2014   |  

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/ Mormons) now has more than 85,000 missionaries working in 405 “Missions” around the world. That startling number was announced at the church’s semiannual World Conference earlier this week in Salt Lake City. LDS missionaries are primarily young men who take two…
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A P.C. Pope?

September 21, 2013   |  

Last week the world’s news media had a field day with a recent interview Pope Francis gave to La Civilta Cattolica (The Catholic Civilization) a Rome based Journal for Jesuit priests. In the interview the Pope seemed to be wavering on some ethical concerns that the Roman Catholic Church has…
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The SBC, Racism, and Mormonism

June 25, 2012   |  

  Last week a resolution was submitted at the annual meeting of  the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) concerning racist statements in Mormon scriptures.  The resolution was not presented by the SBC resolutions committee to the convention for vote.  I applaud them for that decision. Now please understand I am not…
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So You Think it Couldn’t Happen Here?

February 6, 2012   |  

Dateline Ireland: A Roman Catholic priest is being accused of committing a hate crime by a Humanist who was offended by the priest’s references to secularism in a sermon. The priest said, in his homily, that Ireland’s Roman Catholic Church was being “attacked from outside by the arrows of a…
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