This homily is adapted from J.C. Ryle’s A Call to Prayer: Do you pray? I ask whether you pray, because prayer is absolutely essential to a person’s salvation. Do not misunderstand me. I am not saying that you can do anything to earn your salvation. I am not saying that it is your prayers that…
Month: January 2018
The Oppression of Envy: A Homily on Ecclesiastes 4:1-4
This homily benefits greatly from the works of Peter Leithart and Daniel Doriani: Human life is rife with envy. Envy whispers in our ear about a neighbor who has slightly more than we do—a nicer car, more recognition, a prettier wife, more accomplished children. Envy wants to silence praise for others and grows angry when…
Eliminating Renewable Energy Subsidies is Key to Boosting Prosperity
Residential electricity prices have steadily increased for years, up more than 15 percent in the United States (not including Texas) since 2004. A newly released U.S. Department of Energy report on electricity markets and reliability makes it clear that renewable energy subsidies are contributing significantly to the increasing cost—and the decreasing reliability—of the national electric grid. Yet the report…
Martin’s King Tut is now Cultural Appropriation
One of the best skits ever produced by Saturday Night Live was Steve Martin’s rendition of the song, King Tut. It made fun of the commercialization of the nationwide King Tut phenomenon sparked by the “Treasures of Tutankhamen” exhibition that toured seven cities from 1976 to 1979, drawing about 8 million visitors. These days, however, the video is…
The Demolition President from Scott Adams
Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, put together a GREAT blog on what things President Trump has broken this year. Things, as Adams put it, “that probably needed to be broken.” Here’s a sample: GOP – Trump broke the GOP and reconstructed it along his terms, successfully it seems. DNC – The DNC has no charismatic leader, no…
Broken by Trump: ISIS
Watch the latest video at <a href=”http://www.foxnews.com”>foxnews.com</a> As Scott Adams points out, President Trump has broken a number of things “that probably needed to be broken.” One of those is ISIS. Fox News reports: ISIS has lost 98 percent of the territory it once held — with half of that terror group’s so-called “caliphate” having been recaptured…