Justice
Forgiveness: The Greatest Mark of Knowing Jesus?
I took five hours Sunday, September 21, to watch live Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Service before 90,000 people in Glendale, Arizona. It was a moving experience–worth every minute.
It may be the greatest funeral ever witnessed in America because of technology which allowed us to “live” every moment of its grandeur.
The passing of other significant Americans (like Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) were viewed by larger larger processionals, but you didn’t hear all the words that video can capture and relay worldwide.
One theme stood out to me above the rest.
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The Poison of Profanity
We live in a time of words–in person, print, on radio and television, and throughout the Internet.
I receive about 50 promotional emails, respond to scores of personal inquiries, participate in 10-20 phone conversations , and probably send out 30 texts every day. That’s besides all the personal conversations, scanning and watching the news/TV, and wondering how those celestial satellites can handle trillions of spoken words simultaneously.
We are awash in words in the 21st century–many laden with the poison of profanity.
What can we do about it?
Valuable Lessons From the Twelve Day War
For years I have made it a practice to daily clear my Inbox. I like to stay current on news and respond promptly to people who contact me.
As Israel (and finally) the USA bombed Iran to stop them from getting a nuclear bomb, I couldn’t keep up with the stories and videos coming in. Some I pasted into the draft of this week’s blog. Others continued to sit unread in my Inbox.
With Monday’s announced ceasefire–really Iran’s inevitable surrender–I will attempt to summarize what we learned the past two weeks.
Here are some valuable lessons from “The Twelve Day War.”