Yet again today, I saw another episode of a show which depicts a veteran with post-traumatic stress syndrome going wacky. Worse, the show investigated the possibility that his stress was the result of some illegal government experiments. Fortunately, by the end of the show, the government turned out to be innocent. But, at the end […]
Psychological “insights” replace logical thinking
Have you ever been in a discussion where the person drops the “nuclear option?” Father Orthoduck is not talking about an emotional argument but about a discussion. What does Father Orthoduck mean as the “nuclear option?” The nuclear option is where the person attributes what you are saying to anything but logic and knowledge. You […]
On the reality of this world
Responding to a post by another Christian, I posted the reply below. See what you think of it. The original post had to do with a couple who went into missions based on a “faith call” and ended up nearly destroyed. My wife and I were missionaries. We saw crashes; we saw successes; we ourselves […]
When reality contradicts memory
Maybe it is my imagination, but lately I am seeing more and more cartoons with this type of theme. They are worried about the amount of time that our children spend indoors and the amount of time that they spend playing a game for entertainment or texting. More than one of the cartoons has the […]
Alveda King at Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally
One of the people who spoke at the Glenn Beck rally, “Restoring Honor,” was Alveda King, the niece of the famed Pastor Martin Luther King of civil rights fame. She is an evangelical minister, was a Democrat representative in the Georgia legislature, and leads an outreach program for the Roman Catholic group, “Priests for Life.” […]
Real war, real people, real consequences
Let’s take a pause and think. We went into Iraq and now we are supposedly only in Iraq in a non-combat role. Inevitably for years people will be arguing about the right and wrong of it. Father Orthoduck has previously expressed his views on the matter. But, that is not the point right now. We […]
Hmm, gosh this sounds just like Father Orthoduck at times. We have this tendency to misuse Scripture to our benefit whenever we can. “Proof-texting” is not simply a favorite tactic of those who are trying to convince you of their viewpoint. Sadly, it is a tactic that all of us use whenever we sin, in […]
On fathers and teenage daughters
Those of you who now have grown daughters may very well remember facing a moment similar to this sometime in their early teenage years. I say early teenage years because by the time they are in their late teenage years, they are normally horrified at the thought of asking their father anything that has to […]
Self-denial is not for American Christians
As I have been posting on an appealing, engaging Gospel, and going into the subject of self-denial, there have been two other bloggers who have commented on these posts, but have ended up writing their own blog posts that deal with what I consider two other aspects of living the Christian life, and what it […]
Is self-denial really appealing?
I have heard so many Christians say that they desire to know God. The trouble, as I mentioned yesterday, is that we all too often want an easy way out. What we tend to want is something like a “touchy-feely” warm fuzzy (wow, a few more cliches and you will all ask me to stop […]
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