My first job had nothing to do with fast food or newspapers. It involved dressing up like a werewolf. It was not a paid job, but I had many responsibilities. I was hired to yell, growl, moan, and snarl. Tall teens were especially desirable for my particular job. I was a live “prop” inside a [...]
Joel Olsteen will be making the rounds this April, May and June on his “Night of Hope” tour. On Saturday, June 7, he will be at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx for “America’s Night of Hope”. America, as I will show you, there is no hope if God is not sovereign. In his book I [...]
One of my most treasured possessions is an old paperback Christian book. It is somewhat battered and dog-eared and the pages are yellowed at the edges. IT also has one of those awful 1980s covers, a picture of a sunset, that were so popular among evangelicals. Aesthetically, it has all the appeal of a dated [...]
Have you ever had the, ahem, 'privileged' opportunity to have more than one member of your family sick at the same time? Well, the most recent bout in our family came in early December this past year. Our youngest daughter and I both were stricken with a stomach bug. While I didn’t miss work, I [...]
A.W. Pink plainly describes God’s decree as “His purpose or determination with respect to future things.”[2] The Westminster Shorter Catechism is slightly more expansive saying; “The decrees of God are His eternal purpose according to the counsel of His will, whereby, for His own glory, He hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.” The most incredible [...]