He Opened His Mind and Religion Fell Out

With more than half of all college graduates indicating a negative attitude towards the faith they had BEFORE going to college, it should be no surprise that the young man in the following video lost touch with his beliefs. When I was a fuzzy-cheeked college student in the 80s, it felt like everything that I believed was under direct assault. Faith, patriotism, morality and even reality itself were being remolded in our minds by men and women who’d never worked a day in their lives and didn’t know the first thing about what the real world was like. It was … Click here to read the rest…

The Watchman

I don’t know what’s crazy, anymore. I’ve always thought that the survivalists were complete nutters. And, in many ways, I still do. The problem is that their world view is looking more and more like reality, which is why I can’t go around calling them nutters anymore. Now, what does the title of this piece ‘The Watchman’ have to do with craziness? I was reading in Ezekiel 33, when I came across this passage:  2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people … Click here to read the rest…

Memories of 9/11

I remember where I was when the planes hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. I remember the shock and the horror. I was sitting in front of my computer, at work in northern Jerusalem, banging out yet another manual, when the guy sitting next to me exclaimed, “a plane has hit the World Trade Center!” I was surprised but thought that it could only have been some idiots joyriding in a private aircraft – and had an accident. I went back to the book I was writing. When I heard Sam exclaim again, “and the building is … Click here to read the rest…