February is Black History Month in the United States. It is a time to look back at the history of African-Americans and their long journey to equality in our nation.  American history is marred by slavery. Following the Emancipation Proclamation, the harsh treatment continued. There is a deep scar on the American dream in regard

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More than a quarter of a century ago, James Dobson declared that we were in a “cultural war” in America. I remember hearing those words for the first time and felt that his words aptly described the war for the moral and spiritual soul of this great nation. In recent weeks, events have occurred that

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Each time a racing ambulance passes my vehicle, I whisper a prayer because I know that an individual and a family have had their lives changed in a second. I don’t remember ever having taken a trip in an ambulance—until last Monday. The above conclusion really is true. A trip in an ambulance does change

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Asterisk—a symbol used in printed text typically as a reference to an annotation or to stand for omitted matter. You have seen this little symbol (*) many times. You always look below the text to see the explanation or what is missing. Kyle Idleman, in his book, Not A Fan, describes a very familiar commercial

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On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down the historic Roe vs. Wade decision, which set in motion the systematic death of more than 55 million unborn children in America—an unthinkable and inconceivable destruction of human life. But wait . . . the Supreme Court declared that the unborn are

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I suspect this year a new word will be added to the dictionary—“Tebowing.” It describes the action of Tim Tebow bowing on one knee with head bowed in prayer of thanksgiving any time his team, the Denver Broncos, scores a touchdown. This son of missionary parents has defied political correctness through his consistent and unflinching

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