String of Lights
For most of us Christmas brings back a flood of memories. Some of them are good and some of them are not so good, but most of the time we remember the warm things that have helped us define the …
Category: The Walk
The Walk are posts which take the principles found in the Word of God and apply it in practical ways to everyday life. It’s God’s intention for us to be so filled with His Word and Spirit that that everything we say and do is a reflection of Him!
“Red Light, Green Light”
When we were kids there was a popular game we played called, “Red light, Green light.” The object was trying to get as close to the person who was “it” as you could when their back was turned. This was …
Thanksgiving
My wife and I were talking the other night about the ‘holiday season’ here in the US, and the family time we look forward to regarding Thanksgiving. While we enjoy this time of year we were saddened by the rampant …
Sacrifice
One of the things that I always thought was strange when I was growing up was my parents’ expectation that I not only do what I was told when I was told, but that I had to do it with …
Foreign Policy and the Constitution – 3
In Foreign Policy and the Constitution – 3 we complete our reading of how the Constitution should direct the foreign policy of our country. While the Iran deal is the latest blow to our foreign policy tradition, a long-festering wound …
Pride
Our society has a tendency to take emotionally and spiritually destructive concepts and try to make them appear innocent. Then they use that ‘innocence’ as an excuse to ridicule Scripture’s honest appraisal of their dangerous character. An example would be …
Foreign Policy and the Constitution – 2
In Foreign Policy and the Constitution – 2 we continue to examine the place the US Constitution ought to have in our foreign policy decision. A driving force behind the Constitutional Convention was the failure of the Continental Congress to …
Bring Anger Under Submission
There seems to be a natural expectation deep inside all of us that when we set out to accomplish a task that it should just ‘flow.’ Things ought to run smoothly to completion and our goal should be achieved. We …
Foreign Policy and the Constitution
Tom Cotton was elected to the U.S. Senate from Arkansas in 2014, following one term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He serves on the Senate Banking Committee, the Senate Intelligence Committee, and the Senate Armed Services Committee. A graduate of …
Scamper
My first dog was a small husky-type dog named Scamper. Technically he was a German Spitz, but that sounded kind of gross for an eight year old boy, so we just called him a little husky. Scamper had two outstanding …