2020-04-13T09:36:43-04:00

A lustrum by definition is a period of five years. Yet it also can mean an expiatory sacrifice offered once every five years by the censor. Oddly, it can also mean debauchery, or in the plural the lair of a wild beast. All of these definitions come into play in this novel, the second of the three volumes of Robert Harris’ trilogy about Cicero, for at the end of tale Caesar is going off to serve five years in Gaul,... Read more

2020-04-06T22:40:27-04:00

This song speaks for itself. I remember the day vividly JFK died. I was a sixth grade patrol guard at Northwood Elementary School in High Point N.C. standing at the top of the circle near the end of the school day, waiting to help kids cross the road, when Dot Easter came into the driveway in her car, ‘yelling the President’s been shot’. And we were all herded back into our classrooms and we were made to watch the horror... Read more

2020-04-06T15:24:09-04:00

Simply click on the picture and it will turn right side up. Here’s a podcast I did for World Methodist Evangelism and Rob Haynes…. see what you think. http://realfaithrealworld.libsyn.com/where-is-jesus-in-the-midst-of-suffering Read more

2020-04-04T12:18:14-04:00

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2020-03-31T09:10:07-04:00

Above you will see the top of one of the bookcases in my study in the morning light with a reflection from the study window. It would be impossible to tell you how important books have been in my life– mainly the one’s I’ve read, secondarily the one’s I’ve written. There is truth to the statement you are what you read (and believe). But alas, I live in the new world of the internet, where people mainly read and believe... Read more

2020-04-01T21:44:08-04:00

Satan: “I will cause anxiety, fear, and panic. I will shut down business, schools, places of worship and sports events. I will cause economic turmoil.” Jesus: “I will bring together neighbours I will Restore the family unit I will bring dinner back to the kitchen table. I will help people slow down their lives, and will appreciate what really matters. I will teach my children to rely on me And not the world. I will teach my children to trust... Read more

2020-04-01T13:42:34-04:00

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2020-03-28T15:59:41-04:00

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2020-03-24T20:31:40-04:00

Sixteenth century Reformer Martin Luther wrote almost 500 years ago about responding to pandemics. When Luther was confronted by questions about how to respond to The Black Death Plague, he responded in words that should serve to inform our approach to the pandemic crisis our nation and the world is now facing today. In a letter to Rev. Dr. John Hess, found in Luther’s Works, Volume 43 p. 132, as “Whether one may flee from a Deadly Plague,” Luther writes:... Read more

2020-03-22T08:55:46-04:00

John Haberle was an artist in the late 19th century who engaged in what was called ‘fool the eye’ art (or in French tromp l’oiel). The problem was, he rendered coins and bills so perfectly, that the U.S. government suspected him of counterfeiting money and asked him to stop producing such paintings! Here is one of his best ones….. Read more

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