Every year, as we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I recommend reading his remarkable “Letter From A Birmingham Jail.” I am recommending it again this year. This letter, written April 16, 1963 from a jail cell in Birmingham, AL (and substantially redacted later), is convicting, inspiring, and motivating. I point out a few highlights… Read More »
Winter Solstice
[This is an updated version of a blog I wrote a few years ago at this time. I hope you enjoy it.] ******* I don’t like it. How’s that for a short blog? Well, actually it’s more of a love-hate relationship. I hate how short the days are; as I mentioned in my “Summer Solstice”… Read More »
George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States… Read More »
Top Ten Ways the Reformation Changed the World
The first and most important of the principles that drove the Protestant Reformation is the doctrine of Sola Scriptura – Only Scripture: The belief that the Bible is our only infallible rule and guide in matters of faith and practice. As followers of Christ we acknowledge the authority of the Bible over all else, including… Read More »
More Than Skin Deep
The British luxury liner the RMS Queen Mary was launched in 1936, the largest ship ever to set sail at that time: 1019 feet in length, 81,200 tons, able to carry 2139 passengers and 1100 crew. It took three-and-a-half years to build at a cost of $17.5 million US dollars, equivalent to $335 million today.… Read More »
Halloween
If you are someone who really, really likes Halloween, enjoys costume parties and thinks life without candy corn, miniature Milky Ways and orange and black lollipops is not worth living, allow me to explain briefly where Halloween came from. Believe it or not … Halloween was once a Christian event. In medieval times, on November… Read More »
Earth in the Balance, Part 2
[Note: Previously, in referring to the vernal equinox, I posted “Earth in the Balance” describing how life on earth is calibrated with incredible precision to support human life: https://www.kendallpres.org/earth-in-the-balance. This is a continuation of that line of thought. In addition I’ve added some new material at the end of this post about the way various… Read More »
Ten Things We Should Have Learned Since September 11, 2001
We can’t turn a blind eye to Islam, evangelism, heroism, and our Christian calling. By Jim Tonkowich [This article, written one year after the attacks that changed our world forever, updated and edited for abbreviation by me, still contains some very valuable insights. You might not agree with everything this writer says, but I think… Read More »
Labor Day
Christians have a reason to celebrate Labor Day that goes beyond having a three-day weekend. (Although that ain’t bad!) The Bible honors the fundamental dignity of workers, for we worship a God who labored in creating the world – and created human beings in his image to be workers. When God made Adam and Eve,… Read More »
In Honor of Independence Day
Let us thank God for his blessings to us in this nation. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth,… Read More »
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