Discomfort, Change, Growth

There is a growing tendency these days to want to ban things which make us uncomfortable. I recently read where some libraries are banning a literary classic because of a single word. The reason given is that this word might make people feel uncomfortable. This is nothing new. History tells us of other times when books were banned. In some cases, they were even burned. There have even been times when people banned and burned the Bible. Even churches are not immune to this kind of thinking. Some churches have made a conscious decision not to display the cross. The...

Choosing Life in a Fallen World

To say that the world is in a mess right now is an understatement. A review of recent headlines bears this out. But is this necessarily a new development? No. For example, millions of people died in the last world war. The best estimates put the number of dead somewhere between 50 million and 80 million. During that same period genocide was attempted. Members of one race tried to completely kill off another. New and fearsome technology led to weapons capable of killing thousands in a single stroke. Today, others are developing similar weapons and threaten us with...