The more we spend time in God’s presence, the more we connect with him and the more we desire him. Does your heart yearn for more than what you are experiencing by going to church once or twice a week? Do you want more even though you spend time reading your Bible and praying? Perhaps…
Religious Freedom: Brief history of church state debate
(Post 1 of 5) While the discussion of religious freedom may be water under the bridge, this and the following four posts give an overview of how our country came to allow only one narrow ideology to be taught to public school students. Violation of Church and State or Violation of Free Speech? In Badger Catholic,…
Religious Freedom: Pro and Con Positions of Church State Debate
(Post 2 of 5) (Originally published on TheScoop2017.wordpress.com, March 2017) This post is a continuation of Religious Freedom: Brief history of church state debate. Please refer to that post to understand how the founders interpreted this discussion. In this post, we will look at the two different positions taken for and against a strict separation of church…
Religious Freedom: The Voice Behind Strict Separation
(Post 3 of 5) (Originally published in TheScoop2017.wordpress.com, March 2017) This is the third in a series of posts on religious freedom. The first post provides a history and definition of the church state debate. The second gives an overview of each argument. This post identifies the voice behind the strict separation position. Americans United…
Religious Freedom: Religion (Re)defined
(Post 4 of 5) (Originally published in TheScoop2017, March 2017) This is the fourth in a series of posts on religious freedom and the separation of church and state debate. The first gave a history of religious freedom and explained the debate. The second focused on the two opposing positions taken. A third described the ideology…
Religious Freedom: societal consequence of silencing beliefs
(Post 5 of 5) (Originally published in TheScoop2017, March 2017) This is the fifth and final post in a series on religious freedom and the separation of church and state debate. The first gave a history of religious freedom and explained the debate. The second focused on the two opposing positions taken. A third described…
Preventive care, not health care: Creating incentive to take back our health
(Originally published in TheScoop2017, April 2017) Ok, I’m dreaming here, but let me have my moment please. I realize the ideas in this post are simplistic and have probably already either been considered or discounted. Still, perhaps there is just one idea that could spark discussion. Everyone knows we have a problem with healthcare costs…
Why Christians should care about global warming. The answer may surprise you.
(Previously posted through TheScoop2017, May 2017) Scientists give conflicting information about global change so can we be blamed if we aren’t convinced it’s a real threat? Even if the earth is warming up, what can we do about it anyway? I understand the Bible is not a scientifically sound source to go to for information and as an…
Why Doesn’t God Heal Today?
There’s much about healing I don’t understand. Do we need the gift of healing to pray for someone to be healed or can anyone pray? With the gift of healing, the Holy Spirit gives an awareness that God would like to heal a certain person or segment of people. It sometimes is accompanied with the…
Is it Time to Lament? Will God Show His Power, or are we too Late?
(Originally written Dec. 2022) How should we, as followers of Jesus Christ, engage our culture? There is no doubt such an engagement is critical. We, as a collective Church, have not been very good at going out, at reaching beyond our church walls into the communities where our churches reside. Yet, Jesus said to go. …