Make the Bible Your Final Authority

I grew up in a church where the Bible wasn’t central. Both at home and in the pews, God’s Word wasn’t our primary source of truth.

After graduating from high school, I attended a “Christian” university in a nearby city. In one of my first classes called “Judeo-Christian Life and Thought,” the professor quietly but confidently proclaimed that “God was dead” and “the Bible was filled with many errors and historical myths.”

I ditched that college after a year and traveled to New Zealand where godly people taught me about the primacy of God’s Book–the Bible. Under their wise discipleship, I made it my “Book of books.”

Fifty-years later, God’s written Word is still my truth-seeking GPS in all things.

Make the Bible your final authority.

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The Zelensky Debacle: Why Character Matters

Last night President Trump made his triumphant return to speak to a joint session of Congress. The speech  was combative, visionary, moving, and the longest ever by a sitting president (one hour and forty minutes).

After the dust-up in the Oval Office four days before with the president of Ukraine, President Trump told the nation he “appreciated” a letter he’d received from President Zelensky indicating he was ready to work under Trump’s “strong leadership” to achieve a lasting peace.

That’s a good first step. Zelensky’s behavior last week was “absolute idiocy” to quote a Ukrainian MP.

My thoughts on the debacle and why character matters.

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What I Learned from Martin Luther (Again)

I was born and raised a Lutheran. During confirmation classes, I laughed wildly at Martin Luther being tried by a “Diet of Worms.” (“Diet” meant “Council” and “Worms” was the city where the gathering took place.) 

You get the drift of my teenage stupidity.

Five years hence, I learned two invaluable things from the German Reformer that I missed in confirmation class. Now fifty years later, I’m rediscovering the same two pillars of truth.

Here’s what I learned from Martin Luther (Again).

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