Willfully Stupid

While involved in daily Bible devotions this week from The Message translation, I came across a phrase describing fallen human beings that jumped off the page:

Willfully Stupid.

That same day the United States Senate released its long-awaited and clandestinely-formed bi-partisan “Endless Ukraine War–The Border Never Closes” bill (S.744).

It appears to be “Exhibit A” of our willfully stupid political leaders in Washington, D.C.

Here’s my take on both immigration and Jesus words on moral pollution.

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While involved in daily Bible devotions this week from The Message translation, I came across a phrase describing fallen human beings that jumped off the page:

Willfully Stupid.

That same day the United States Senate released its long-awaited and clandestinely-formed bi-partisan “Endless Ukraine War–The Border Never Closes” bill (S.744).

It appears to be “Exhibit A” of our willfully stupid political leaders in Washington, D.C.

Here’s my take on both immigration and Jesus words on moral pollution.

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The War of 2024

God designed human beings to value and seek three critical realities:

Truth. Goodness. Beauty (the cultural trinity). 

Truth is the most important because it gives perspective to everything. Jesus declared and backed up with his life:

I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through me (John 14:6). 

With the collapse of Western Judeo-Christian norms in the latter 20th and early 21st centuries, it’s becoming more difficult to know what’s true–in every area.

Here are some thoughts on the War of 2024 and knowing the truth.

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What To Think and How to Pray for Donald Trump

Trying to become the second U.S. president in history (after Grover Cleveland) to serve two non-consecutive terms, Donald Trump is on his way to the Republican nomination after resounding victories in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Grover Cleveland, also a New Yorker, served as president 1885-1889, and again from 1893-1897.

Trump is possibly the most known personality in the world and maybe the most controversial.

What should we think about Donald J. Trump and how should we pray for him?

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