Remembering 9/11

On the day before the 10 year memorial of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the White House, I felt I needed to say something about this horrific incident.
I remember I was working out that day, lifting weights at the local YMCA gym.  There were two large televisions presenting the morning [...]

Moral Collapse in London

Unrest in London has been headline news that past few days.  We read from the news wire in London (CNN) –
Prime Minister David Cameron blames the riots that shook Britain over the past 10 days on a “slow-motion moral collapse … in parts of our country,” he said Monday, as police arrested a new suspect [...]

Balancing Good Works and the Gospel

Saint Francis of Assisi once said, “Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.”  The gospel is basically Jesus dying on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins and resurrecting on the third day.  This quote is an often used by pastors when speaking about doing good deeds and evangelism. [...]

Moral Relativism Can Lead to Tragedy

Chuck Colson posted an article looking at the tragic suicide of Pheobe Prince.   My contention is when morality is reduced to “I say” morality or moral relativism, there are no constraints for students to follow; they just make up right and wrong as they choose.  Schools become powerless to ”force their morality” on the students.  Without objective morality there are no [...]