It’s Not About Trump. It’s About Jesus

Last night’s State of the Union message vividly portrayed America’s cultural divide–a battle of worldviews. 

The Milano Cortina Olympics showcased the same cultural chasm with some great displays of faith and patriotism as well as high-profile secular “statements” and national disdain.

And decision day with Iran is quickly approaching with the world divided on what to do. 

What do we make of the divisions in our nation and world and how should we pray?

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Twelve Ways Jesus Changed the World

To most people, Jesus is a historical figure who was the founder of Christianity—but that is as far as it goes. Many have no idea that his most wonderful life had an unsurpassed effect on human history.

In fact, without the birth, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ, life on planet earth would be incomprehensibly different from what it is today.

Let’s do some deeper thinking about the impact of the life of Jesus Christ. Here are twelve ways Jesus changed the world over the past two thousand years.

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Happy Thanksgiving: My Visit to Plymouth Rock

This week I spoke at two dinners at a retirement center. My mother is in memory care there.

It was a wonderful opportunity to cheer up the “builder generation” with the legacy of the Pilgrims and the colony they established in Massachusetts some 405 years ago

I reprint today the special visit I took to Plymouth Rock 37 years ago. This Thanksgiving we should thank our brave Pilgrim forefathers for their vision, wisdom and sacrifice that led to the making of the United States.

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