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!
With all the excitement that surrounds major-league sports, I’m reminded of the comic description of a football game that quips it is “30,000 people in desperate need of exercise watching 22 people in desperate need of rest!” It’s obviously a …
Practical Thoughts on Immigration – Part 2 There is another aspect of the campaign against Secure Communities that shows the corrosiveness of our tolerance of lawlessness. Major police chiefs in high immigration jurisdictions are under enormous political pressure to protect …
Joyce, my wonderful wife, has told me the account of an interesting exchange between her and her mother when she was a little girl. It seems that her mother, practicing a wisdom that many parents seem to possess, warned her …
Practical Thoughts on Immigration by Heather Mac Donal/Manhattan Institute HEATHER Mac DONALD is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. She received her B.A. from Yale University, and earned an M.A. …
A number of years ago I remember watching a movie called Geronimo. It featured a very young Matt Damon playing the supporting role of a fresh, idealistic cavalry officer newly commissioned from West Point, and assigned to service in the …
Top 10 signs you might be deceived; #10. You vigorously deny the existence of God and join with other atheists/agnostics, but feel outraged when people keep questioning you and/or offer proofs which you conveniently – and continuously – ignore. “It …
As a local pastor and parent in a small western Iowa community, I was asked to serve on a group that was tasked with developing an after school character-based program. Our goal would seek to improve student behavior and attempt …
It’s always a good thing to refocus our attention on the One in Whom we have placed our trust. The thoughts and activities of life can blur our perception of the traits and characteristics of our Great God; remember that …
In our world today it seems that most of our lives are characterized by either the urgency of the immediate or the apathy of inactivity. We swing back and forth between being stirred up about issues that are screaming for …
Is America a Christian nation? That question is asked more and more frequently these days, especially when unbelievers are incensed at the idea of other people mixing religion with politics. Many of them claim that the Founding Fathers were not …