Category Archives: Application

Devin Chaulk who was a drummer for the band Haste the Day poses an interesting question:  Why do many Christians expect bands that have Christian members to have a Christian message in their songs?  In other vocations of life “No … Continue reading →

Recently I was reading about the death of Nuon Chea, one of the Khmer Rouge leaders of Cambodia in the 1970’s.  The article stated that Nuon Chea never admitted his guilt in the deaths of 1.7 million Cambodians.   In an … Continue reading →

We have been talking about Christian unity.  A look at history shows that the various branches of Christianity have been fighting each other for centuries.  In the 2nd and 3rd centuries, Christians argued over the question of whether Jesus was … Continue reading →

A couple of months ago, I wrote about AirVenture which is an annual gathering of pilots from all over the world.  At this  gathering, there are pilots who build their own aircraft, pilots who fly seaplanes, pilots who fly tail … Continue reading →

In a recent survey by LifeWay Research, 78% of Protestant churchgoers say they have developed significant relationships with others at their church.  Those who attend church more frequently are more likely to strongly state they had developed such relationships.  However, … Continue reading →

My wife was going through her dad’s papers (see my blog on Robert Allen Coy from January 29, 2019) when she came across a newspaper article that he had kept.  The article was about the memoirs of a Japanese pilot … Continue reading →

One more takeaway from Amy Shively Hawk’s book Six Years in the Hanoi Hilton.  She quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson at the start of one of her chapters.  “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared … Continue reading →

In the last blog, we talked about the life of the Vietnam War POW James Shively.  In the book about Shively, the author recounts a story from John McCain who was also a POW along with Shively.  At one point, … Continue reading →

The book about the Vietnam War POW, Jim Shively, contains a tribute from a friend and a former POW cellmate.  This tribute concerns the character of Shively; the fact that even in the North Vietnamese prison he showed those he … Continue reading →

I was talking to an individual about my blog and book.  Specifically, our conversation was why some people just accept what the main stream religions teach while others need to search out, for themselves, the questions they have about religion. … Continue reading →