Author Archives: salooper57

One of our professors liked to tell the story of how his atheist friend would gather people around him and ask them why, if God exists, he does not simply show himself? Then he would look up to heaven and … Continue reading →

In the late eighties, NBC debuted a drama titled Quantum Leap. Its main character, Sam, was a young physicist who had figured out how to travel through time. After his first experience of time-travel, Sam realized that he could not … Continue reading →

My family got religion in the spring of 1968. It had become clear that, apart from a miracle, my brother was not going to recover from the acute lymphoblastic leukemia with which he had been diagnosed. Looking for help wherever … Continue reading →

A businessman friend of mine was in a restaurant in a large city to meet a prospective employee. As he waited his arrival, a family passed by on their way to be seated. He hardly noticed them, until the husband … Continue reading →

What will your Christmas be like this year? Will it be a nonstop, speed of light, spiritually-draining race? When you finally take down the Christmas tree, will you say to yourself, “Boy, am I glad that’s over”? Isn’t it sad … Continue reading →

On 12/10 I sent a letter to the editor of The Coldwater Daily Reporter, responding to an op-ed piece by the night desk editor, Chris Worst (see: http://www.thedailyreporter.com/article/20131206/NEWS/131209491/1007/OPINION). I carbon-copied Mr. Worst as a courtesy and have since communicated with … Continue reading →

            This year Americans celebrated Thanksgiving by spending about 30 billion dollars on meals, travel and ancillary expenses (not including Black Friday spending). Approximately 45 million turkeys were purchased and cooked. And, according to AAA, approximately 43 million Americans traveled … Continue reading →

Christians have over the centuries used differing, and sometimes even contradictory, terminology to describe conversion. How does a person begin the Christian life? What are the initial experiences that evidence a person’s salvation? Catholics and some Protestants have sometimes suggested … Continue reading →

Our culture is swimming in an ocean of contempt. And we’re drowning. Politics, which has for the better part of two decades majored in the science of smear, is a major source of this social pollution. Liberals call conservatives stupid … Continue reading →

According to Nicholas Eberhardt, writing in the Wall Street Journal, entitlement transfers from the government to individuals have grown by 72 percent since 1960, and that is after adjusting for inflation and population growth. Entitlement spending now comprises two-thirds of … Continue reading →