When a person says they are dedicating or rededicating their life to God, it should mean more than a special moment, an emotional service, or a few heartfelt words. It should mean they have truly decided to belong to God and to live in a way that pleases Him. In simple terms, dedication means saying, “Lord, I am Yours,” and…
Few debates reveal the fault lines of American public life more clearly than the question of whether the United States is, at its core, a Christian nation. At stake is more than religion alone. The issue touches power, identity, and belonging: who is imagined to represent the nation, whose values are treated as normative, and whose place in public life…
A plainspoken case against turning national identity into a sacred cause—and against using Christianity as a path to power. How faith gets twisted into power Nationalism is not patriotism turned up louder. Patriotism can love a country while telling the truth about it. Nationalism treats the nation as supreme, divides the world into insiders and outsiders, and measures human worth…
It is difficult to reconcile the language of faith with the spirit of bitterness, anger, and contempt that so often marks public and private life. A people may speak the name of Christ, invoke Scripture, and claim devotion to God, yet still harbor a posture that stands opposed to the very character of Jesus. Scripture speaks with sobering clarity on…
Many people come to the Gospels with habits of reading they have carried for years, often without realizing it. We may have learned to approach Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John mainly as sources of personal comfort, guides for private morality, or answers to what happens after death. Those questions are real, and the Gospels do speak to them. But they…
After reading about what people in Cuba are going through, my heart is with the families dealing with daily blackouts, medicine shortages, and not enough food. When electricity keeps going out, it is not just an inconvenience—it means food spoils, water systems fail, hospitals struggle, and sick people can’t get the care they need. No matter what anyone thinks about…
Voting is more than a political process; it is a matter of human dignity, equal justice, and moral responsibility. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed because too many Black Americans were denied a voice through laws and practices designed to exclude them from the ballot box. By confronting those injustices, the law became not only a major step…
When God created human beings to live on the earth, in every nation and place, He did not make anyone inferior. As Acts 17:26 says, “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth.” Every person has value because every person was made by God in His image. Genesis…
When many people hear the word idolatry, they think of carved statues, temples, and people bowing to false gods. But let us be honest—idolatry can live much closer to home than that. It appears whenever we try to reshape God according to our own comfort, ideas, or desires. Whenever we make God smaller in our minds so He fits our preferences,…
