On this weekâs podcast, Michael Quinn Sullivan says the fake Jesus of the modern age tells what we want to hear while the real Jesus leads us where we need to be. The Jesus of the modern age is a diminutive figure, soft and unassuming. This Jesus doesnât challenge us;...
Fields of perfectly placed markers in the neatly trimmed grass of the cemetery above Omaha Beach in Normandy is one of the most emotionally charged places I have visited on Earth. Your eyes can see, but your mind and heart refuse to entirely process, the enormity of...
More than a million soldiers, sailors, and marines have laid down their lives for the cause of self-governance and in defense of our republicâs Constitution. It is undoubtedly easier to enjoy a beer and burger in the backyard than to reflect on the sacrifices made on...
Many of the Republican officeholders in Texas are very upset with the grassroots. The politicians are mad that citizens arenât being appropriately appreciative for what we are âgettingâ this session. One person recently suggested to me conservatives should just be...
Fear is powerful. Improperly applied, fear can cause us to make irrational choices without thinking. Yet as we find the words of the Book of Proverbs, it can also be the âbeginning of wisdom.â The difference is what we fear. Sticking with Proverbs 9:10 for a moment,...
When most of us hear the name âMagdala,â if we think of anything we might possibly connect this cityâs name with the New Testamentâs Mary the Magdalene, also translated as Mary of Magdala. But the ruins of this ancient city tells us a lot about faithfulness in the...
There is nothing new about cancel culture. The ruling elite have always sought to use their power to silence those who would disrupt the status quo. The methods and scale might be different, but not by much. Throughout history, tyrants have sought to silence the...
No question causes more discomfort than this: âWho do you serve?â Not long ago, I asked that question to a politician who bristled with indignation and replied, âI serve no one!â His answer told me a lot. If we cannot acknowledge who we serve, we cannot possibly build...
âNot a day goes by in which I donât get bulk emails and text messages from someone passing on information they know isnât completely accurate but send it anyway hoping it will shock people to action. Whatever the intention, itâs not fair to anyone. As co-laborers in...
It seems there are some conservatives who suffer from an unfortunate desire to be applauded by the left. While it is tiresome to see ostensibly right-thinking men and women prop up leftwing news outlets as guests and commentators, it is downright disgusting when they...
Itâs not something we generally think about, but Israel rests at roughly the same longitudinal lines as Texas. Jerusalem itself is on the 31st northern parallel â in line with the Texas cities of Odessa, Hemphill, Waco, and San Saba. That generally doesnât mean much,...
A self-governing people must be eternally vigilant. The first three words of our Constitution make it clear who is supposed to be in charge: âWe the people.â Without the citizens taking an active and engaged role in civic life, the notion of self-governance collapses....
No private sin is quite so publicly ensnaring as the quiet promise of political access. It trips up the most sure-footed activist, and silences even the boldest advocate of liberty. The fourth chapter of Mathewâs Gospel records the specific temptations dangled in...
As a kid, I loved the âChoose Your Own Adventureâ series of novels. As the story progressed, youâd make decisions for the characters that affected the outcome. In the daily adventure of life, we have an even more important choice: choosing our attitude toward the...
Weâre almost one year into â15 days to slow the spread.â Texans were asked to give up their freedoms and accept the imposition of massive new restrictions and regulations to serve the greater good. Now that those statewide mandates appear to be coming to end, we see...
One day into the siege of the Alamo, on February 24, 1836, William Barret Travis wrote a desperate letter seeking aid from his fellow Texians and all Americans in the world. You see, rather than offer an easy and dishonorable surrender to the far superior forces...
This has been one of the coldest weeks on record. Weâve all been troubled to learn just how deeply our state failed to properly prepare for emergencies like this. One can find temporary warmth in unfocused anger, or we can bask in the permanence of truth. I suggest...
When reading the four New Testament accounts of Jesus, one occasionally comes across the phrase âthe other side.â This isnât some mystical reference; it turns out âthe other sideâ is the âother sideâ of the Sea of Galilee. This is where one of the most subversive...
No weapon is quite so debilitating as fear. And, all too often, it is a weapon we point at ourselves. We let our minds turn our opponents into fearsome and unconquerable giants, and then we scurry to hide under very real beds. The fear of those giants becomes an...
George Washington rarely made speeches. Abraham Lincolnâs most famous address ran just 271 words. Teddy Roosevelt famously said you should talk softly but carry a big stick. Whatever else one thinks of them, they were men who let their actions speak louder than their...
