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The old saying goes, "The devil is in the details." But is this true? Certainly not when it comes to the Gospel. For a close look at Holy Scripture always reveals something very much other than the devil. This is because God speaks to us in the small print as well as the "big picture." He wants us to probe His Word. He wants us to be sensitive to what is written in both large and small letters. Read more »

Don't look now, but it's coming soon to billboards and lawn signs near you: “Keep Christ in Christmas!” If memory serves, one first started seeing this slogan right around the time that the whole political correctness craze hit. Towns started removing manger scenes from their squares, and businesses stopped sending out Christmas cards... Read more »

Financial sights are projecting, we are moving from “a golden age” of investments and economic growth (1982-2007) to a “grey age”. From nominal 12.8% returns to 2.8% returns. The next ten years, we may be going through 3 more recessions. With the baby boomers aging it may take to 2027 before returns get to golden age levels. Read more »

I can still see in my mind’s eye my mother chasing me down with her ‘koutala’ (wooden spoon) and saying in raised voice, “Didn’t you hear what I said?” In other words, since you are neither devoid of actual hearing nor incapable of mentally understanding, why are you not obeying me? Read more »

Recently, a local museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, hosted an exhibition entitled "BODIES". This exhibit raised numerous questions and concerns about the Church's position concerning the display of the dead. Read more »

Every good story needs a villain—even a Sunday-School Christmas pageant. Of course, the original Christmas story from Matthew and Luke had a super-villain: King Herod. But for a Sunday School production, it doesn't really work to have grade-school kids acting out the Slaughter of the Innocents, so there isn't room for a Herod. Read more »

Mothers are curious people aren’t they? All mothers somehow, regardless of their background, learn exactly the same things to say to their children—like when they call you by your full name when you’ve done something wrong. When a child is given anything, a cookie or a compliment, every mother in the same words and the same tone... Read more »

I have a confession to make. And it’s a bad one …. When I was a kid … I used to get dressed up for Halloween! And it was not always something innocent either, like an astronaut or a cowboy. Once I was even a ghost! Worse yet, I would go door-to-door with my brothers and say “Trick or treat!” Idolatrous! Occultic! Satanic! Read more »

“Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?” Mark 16:3 - This was the question of the Myrrh-Bearing women as they went in anticipation to the tomb on early Sunday morning, to anoint the body of Jesus. This they did to fulfill the requirement of the Jewish law and also as a sign of love for their Master. Read more »