Category: Columns
Sacred and Secular Calendars
by David Haberstock We live in time. Time is both linear and cyclical. Cycles of time such as seasons, yearly anniversaries, and recurring “holy-days” give meaning to our lives. On certain dates, we take stock of things, are reminded of our history, and review the…
God in Man Made Manifest
by Robert Mohns In a recent interview, a man introduced as the champion of progressive news bemoaned the human condition, claiming it has come to lack the “progressive gene type.” He concluded that humanity has no capacity for progressive thought. The progressivism that he spoke…
Save Your People, and Bless Your Heritage
by Mathew Block “Oh, save Your people and bless Your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.” – Psalm 28:9 This is a passage of Scripture that I meditate upon frequently, but it has been especially in my mind recently as the result of…
Gladiator II – Retrograde Heroism: From Virtue to Vice
by Ted Giese Gladiator II is set about around the year 200 A.D., around twenty years after the events of 2000’s Gladiator. Director Ridley Scott again gives audiences a man with a secret past and a dead wife travelling on a grief-stricken path of vengeance…
Blessing a home
by David Haberstock “The times they are a-changin’.” Over the last 20 years, most every pastor has had people come with complaints of strange phenomena occurring in their home, especially at night. It seems since the advent of Rationalism and the scientific method, we all…
Then With Shepherds Let Us Go
by Timothy Teuscher In the familiar account of the nativity of our Lord from St. Luke’s Gospel, we come across a number of individuals. First and foremost, of course, is the “Babe lying in a manger” (Luke 2:7), our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Then…