IndyWatchmanListening to sad music and looking back in time; it seems so long ago. With a powerful attraction and a melancholy sadness, a sorrowful spirit transported a troubled and questioning heart to a place far away. All the voices said go, “Go away to a place I will show you,” so I went. Could this […]
Beneath the moon’s soft, silver glow, A soul sits on a highway, lost in woe. The desolate desert stretches far and wide, As shadows dance in the ebbing tide. The road stretches, a desolate sea, Echoing the ache of a heart’s disease. Yellow lines, like whispered pleas, Lead to horizons offering no peace. Stars above, […]
You don’t have to be Catholic to be a martyr. As I was researching the subject for this article I noticed that overwhelmingly the references were to Catholic priests and saints. Let me be clear from the start, you do not have to be Catholic to be a martyr. On the contrary, the definition of […]
It is undeniable that many Christians are passionate people and uncompromising, incapable of any moderation, even toward gross violence. Confessing to follow the peaceful Lamb, they resist not the need to return harm for harm or soothe their patriotic fever to win some treasured position. For these people love is only theoretical, which they refuse […]
These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth. Now those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they were thinking […]
Many years ago, before surrendering to Christ I was in the Army and spent two years in Vietnam. That war was different than previous wars because it was hard to identify the enemy. Due to that handicap situational awareness was of utmost importance. A war was being fought that we had not been prepared for, […]
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 I am not surprised that in my previous articles on “Freedom,” most Christians have not understood me. I put the blame for this at the doorstep of Church […]
How Christianity Has Been Affected and Changed by Historical, Theological, and Cultural Developments “Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” Anyone who follows the evolution of art can easily see the flow over time from Ancient Art, Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, Pop-Art, […]
Introduction Def: A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one’s expectation. As I sit outside reading and thinking, I look up and see a jet-passenger plane, probably full of people, flying away to the North. They are enjoying their freedom to travel. But how does this freedom relate to the […]
Preface I don’t get a lot of responses to my articles, but I am not discouraged. Some do not respond because they do not agree with my point of view, and that is okay. Others do not respond because they do not want to be associated with the severity and consequences of truth. Then there […]