The Mayhem in Minnesota is not Donald Trump’s fault, but it is something he has to deal with. Immigration is not the issue, and deportation is not the evil. The key to understanding the problems of the city on Interstate-94 is found in Psalm 144. That’s a long leap of 2500 years but it ends up right here where we live. Psalm 144 is a strange place from which to approach the issue of what’s happening in Minneapolis. The Psalm is the prayer a king like David would make to God f

In part 1, Idolatry in America, I mentioned the gods of the entertainment industries (music, film, TV), sports in its various modalities, and money and politics, of course, and I focused on the latest addition to America’s pantheon of false gods the up-and-coming supreme deity: the god of health and fitness. In this episode, I talk about the fatal disease we rarely hear about and for which no cure has been found. ========================== Medical science has made great progr

There are many types of false gods, and their popularity rises and falls. There's one that's in the ascendency now. Having lived most of my life in countries with a predominant Catholic culture, talking about idolatry in America requires a different approach. Unlike Portugal or Brazil, and countries like France or Poland, we have no national center of religious pilgrimage such as those commonly found in countries where the Virgin Mary is venerated, for example. Then there are

The favorite book of the Bible for many people is probably the book of Psalms. This collection of Hebrew poetry is the longest book of...

In my podcasts and sermons, I will rarely call out an individual person by name, and on the rare occasion I do, it’s never to pick a...

Dirty vs. clean is an easy choice; choosing between a good translation and a better one can be difficult. Jesus said, “ But I say to you...