Amazing Grace touches hearts as no other hymn. Here is the remarkable story of its author. Read more
Euthanasia is the practice of killing another person. It is murder. One question that orbits around this debate is based on the “difference” between euthanasia and, say, a drive-by shooting. Many — certainly not all, but many — of the victims of euthanasia ask to be killed. So, people whose brains have marinated in relativism and other addlepated lines of reasoning ask, Doesn’t that make euthanasia “different.” The quick and obvious answer is no. It does not. It someone asks... Read more
Photo source: Reuters, via Vatican Radio We call it “modern slavery.” “It” is the business of buying and selling people. Pope Francis hosted a group of religious leaders from many faiths who signed a pledge against modern slavery. Signatories included representatives from the Shai and Sunni Muslims, Buddhism, Orthodox, Jewish and Anglican faith traditions. I once did something similar to this. I hosted a luncheon for Oklahoma’s faith leaders, including many Protestant denominations, Orthodox, Catholic, Buddhist, and Muslim. I think... Read more
Human rights. Does that phrase refer to unalienable human rights that are ours by virtue of the fact that we are human beings? Or, does it refer to laws and rules that can be shifted and changed by the whim of legislative bodies or the flick of a dictator’s will? What are human rights, and where, if they exist as a separate entity, do they come from? Thomas Jefferson, Deist that he was, got it exactly right when he... Read more
Mary Did You Know is a pretty song. I rather like it myself. But it is based on the false premise that there is a question as to whether Our Lady knew that the Baby she was carrying was the Messiah, the Son of God, the Lord of Lords, Christ the King. Here’s the short answer to that question: She knew. Here’s how I know she knew. When the Archangel Gabriel spoke to Mary, he asked — not told, but... Read more
I want to have a detailed discussion of euthanasia. I think this is an important point at which faith and public life meet. It is also a worthwhile discussion for Advent. If we are awaiting the day when we either go to Christ or He comes again, then we need to consider what we want our lives to reflect. One of the many ways in which Christians are blessed is that the burden of “deciding” when to kill ourselves... Read more
The Immaculate Conception is the door opening on our salvation. It is God the Father, preparing the way for the birth of God the Son by first preparing a holy mother for Him. The idea that God chose to enter the world as a helpless baby, born to a young girl and her carpenter husband in a backwater province of a conquered nation goes against everything we know and believe about what makes a person important. We live in a... Read more
The Bible ends with a poignant verse. Come Lord Jesus, cries in a voice that resounds in the heart of every Christian. Two thousand years ago, the conquered children of Israel looked forward to Him, even though they didn’t fully understand Who He was, and they certainly misunderstood what He would do. The prophecies of the Christ begin in Genesis when God tells the serpent He will set enmity between the serpent and the Woman, that she would crush his... Read more
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