Monthly Archives: January 2012

Nabal has humiliated and offended David.  So David straps on his sword and heads down the mountain to slay every male in Nabal’s house.  He’s planning a Nob-style slaughter.  Regarding David’s mindset, passion is in the room, and reason is … Continue reading →

David Murray, in editorializing on the captain’s ship-sinking folly, has caught me red-handed: I’ve steered deliberately off course too… I’ve tried to impress old friends too… I’ve sailed too close to the rocks too… I’ve turned too late too… I’ve … Continue reading →

Albert Mohler deftly critiques the near sinking of the Costa Concordia: The sight of the giant cruise ship Costa Concordia listing in the deadly embrace of the sea is now a graphic symbol of failure. Its timing is absolutely eerie, coming so … Continue reading →

by Porsche Moran (Investopedia) The life of a homemaker is one that includes an endless amount of demands and to-dos. Depending on the size of the home and family, the position of homemaker can go well beyond the usual nine … Continue reading →

What do yo do when a relationship with someone has broken down to the point where it’s a grudge bearing standoff?  David’s relationship with Saul had so deteriorated when the latter wandered into a cave to relieve himself in 1 … Continue reading →

Wall Street Journal, Jan 13, 2012 A unanimous ruling for religious freedom, and a rebuke to Obama. It was a banner day for religious freedom yesterday as the Supreme Court ruled that government can’t tell religious institutions whom they can … Continue reading →

by Tim Keller How our culture misunderstands compatibility. In generations past, there was far less talk about “compatibility” and finding the ideal soul-mate. Today we are looking for someone who accepts us as we are and fulfills our desires, and this creates … Continue reading →

First it was Alan Colmes; now it is Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, who went on MSNBC to mock Rick Santorum for how he and his wife Karen dealt with the death of their son Gabriel. (A severe prenatal development led to his very early delivery, … Continue reading →

Rick Santorum enters the Bill O’Reilly no spin zone: contraception, Catholicism, gays in military & marriage, the economy, welfare, blacks.   Also a Christian Post article on Mr. Santorum’s perspectives. The Christian Post > Politics|Fri, Dec. 30 2011 09:11 AM EDT Rick … Continue reading →

This message was preached by Samuel Davies at Princeton College on January 1, 1761. He sought to arouse apathetic students out of their spiritually fatal ease. Davies died shortly after, on February 4–at the age of 37! Thus in a … Continue reading →