As much as we may sow into the future, investing in the lives of those who come after us, each person faces their own pivotal choice. Born with a tendency toward sin, our default setting is the self-focused way of…
Utopian thinking was spawned in the late 18th century and began to spread in academic circles in the 19th century. From there, it has more and more dominated the minds of the political class and influenced public policy around the…
“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water…” — Jeremiah 17:7-8 The vital need for a biblical…
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). I have never been one to follow signs and wonders, though I do believe miracles happen today. I was born with a personality that naturally…
“The present war in Europe is a war of kings against the people, of power against opinion.”1 — Samuel Stillman France was in the midst of Revolution when Stillman2 uttered the words above in 1794. Five years prior (July 14, 1789), the Bastille was…
The true story of Paul Revere’s midnight ride on April 19, 1775, is somewhat obscured by the passage of time and reliance on second-hand oral accounts. While the details surrounding Violet’s involvement remain a mystery, we do know that she…
