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Commentary on life and faith by Alan Riley
This week as another Halloween comes and goes, the Christian community will again generate a lot of heat and little light arguing about how they should approach the day. In a poll today on Streaming Faith, 52% of respondents said Halloween was a “tool of the devil,” 30% said it was “potentially dangerous spiritually,” […]
The thoughts and prayers of the nation and world have gone out to the residents of Southern California this week in the wake of the worst wildfires since 2003. Over one million residents were displaced at some point during the week, and over 1300 homes were destroyed.
The fires were no respecter of persons. Mobile […]
There can be no doubt that the decline of a society or a nation is unextricably intertwined with the decline of the institution of the family in that society or nation. The Christian community has been saying this for years, touting the much-maligned “family values.” Sadly, though, we are not leading by example. The divorce […]
James Watson is a brilliant scientist. He won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for his groundbreaking work discovering and explaining the DNA helix. And he is living, breathing proof that no matter how smart you are, you can still be an idiot.
He is also proof that you can understand great mysteries of the universe […]
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Tonight, for the first time in twenty years, I am not a dog owner. Cindy, our beloved Shih Tzu, was put down this evening. She was 15 years old.
If you are not an animal lover, you should stop reading now. I promise you will find this post sappy and emotional. But if you have […]
Here are the words to the wonderful song that Alvin sang at the Wave Conference this week. He replaced the previously planned song in his set with this one, saying he felt there was someone in the house that night who really needed to hear the message of this song. I can’t speak for […]