Samson's Jawbone

One thing I have learned after working in the customer service industry in the last five years is that the term really is an oxymoron. Most customer service departments and companies focus neither on the customer nor on the service. The buyer really does have to beware most of the time. It is difficult to be a consumer when something goes wrong, because many of the procedures that modern companies use to service you, only protect them. I have noticed a trend among some companies to use 3d party agents to provide customer service. Several years ago my wife had a problem with her washing machine. She called the customer service line and got no help. She asked to speak to a supervisor, and was told none was available. She would be called back. She never was. We made several calls back and learned some things. This particular retail store as well as the manufacturer of the washing machine a contracted a 3d party to handle their customer service. There is a growing trend, especially among

Is there a greater mystery or a more bizarre story than the birth of Christ?The greatest screen play could not weaved together a more complicated and dramatic plot. Many of us have heard it so many times that we do fail to recognize the turns-of-events, and the Divine intervention the nativity represents. This season I stand in awe over it took for God to become man. I stand in awe at the nature of Jesus' incarnation. Christians believe Jesus was fully God and fully man with no conflation or confusion of natures. He was neither schizophrenic, suffering from multiple personalities, nor neurotic, confused and anxious. He was one Person with two natures. He was God's Son. Although being the Second person of the Divine God head for all eternity(Psalm2:12; Isaiah 48:16 et . al ), he voluntarily subordinated himself to the Father who promised him a kingdom (Mark 2:1 - 12;John 1: 1 -5; 8:58; 10:30; Colossi ans 2:1-18 et . al ). Christ voluntarily assumed the role of God's Son fr

Last night I watch an argument between two news commentators about the Christian view of the current border crisis. One commentator a professed Christian passionately asserted that as Christians we were obligated to open our doors as a nation to anyone who wants to come in. In view of the many commands in scripture to take care of the poor, helping the immigrant is an obligated of any nation governed by Judao-Christian, Therefore, she asserted that a biblical world view required Christians  support open  borders and let anyone who wants to come into their country. As long as our rich country has the resources to help the poor we cannot deny them entry. The other, a professed Catholic, said that while we had an obligation to clothe, house and protect anyone living among us there was nothing in a Christian commitment that required a nation to open its borders.  The subject of immigration is a hot button  in some Christian circles today. You can not raise the issue without passion arisi