Samson's Jawbone

Many of us were stunned by the sexual misconduct charges levied against world renowned evangelical Christian apologist last summer Ravi Zacharias. Upon hearing the charges my wife said, " it make me want to throw up." In life Ravi had an unimpeachable reputation. He had defended the faith and lead many to Christ. As the summer progressed it appeared more and more likely that the accusations were credible and that Ravi was a very flawed man. During the years of Donald Trump's political rise to the Presidency several women came forward with accusations of sexual misconduct some going back to his college days, others extending even into his current marriage. None of those accusations were ever proved, yet many people believed them because of Trump's two messy divorce and years as a celebrity playboy. But did they disqualify him from the Presidency or from a Christian's vote? Many Christian leaders argued that Christians were compromising to follow and support Donald ...

I actually felt sorry for the man: Joe Biden was standing there looking like a seminary student delivering his first sermon. He read it well. Had perfect cadence. Never stuttered. Seemed well prepared. Had some passion, but never moved the upper part of his body. The expression on his face never changed. I wondered whether he believed anything he was saying. It looked robotic. I remember going out to eat with a church family after my first sermon. I noticed that as we talked that day, no "one said a word" about my sermon. They talked about the great fellowship, the wonderful hymns, and the uplifting special music, but nothing about my sermon. Not one word. The silence was deafening. Even I heard it. The couple I was eating with were an older couple who had sat through thousands of sermons. Seldom a Sunday dinner occurred without someone saying something about something the Pastor had said, but not this week. I knew I could learn more from an honest critique from them, then f...

Samson's Jawbone: Memo Reveals the Need to Re-structure American Law... : It is now evident that some people working for the Department of Justice and the FBI conspired to exonerate one Presidential nominee, Hill...

It is now evident that some people working for the Department of Justice and the FBI conspired to exonerate one Presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, of serious ethical if not illegals acts while at the same time cooperating with one political party to implicate the other nominee and future President for at best disgraceful and at worst impeachable offenses. When you combine the information in the memo with recent revelations from FBI personnel text messages the intent of the operation seems to have been to ameliorate the suspicions against and Hillary Clinton, insuring her win, and to create enough suspicion against Trump that he would be forced to with draw and his career business and family would be ruined. Things did not go as planned, and Trump won and shortly thereafter fired FBI Director James Comey, who then cashed in “the insurance policy,” which appears to have been a Special  Council  investigation against Trump. The Special Counsel investigation lead by Rober...

What Government Shutdown? By David L. Miner Where is Congress given the power to shut down the government? Where does the Constitution give the feral government the option to stop doing its job? Where does Congress get its power to violate the Constitution and still remain in power? I submit that those powers simply do not exist. I submit that as soon as Congress shuts down the federal government, Congress no longer has any authority. According to America's Declaration of Independence, all authority comes from God. Some of that authority is given to mankind. And some of mankind's authority is delegated to a government that We The People created in and by that Constitution. The Constitution is a contract created by two parties – the existing thirteen States and the existing people of those States. That contract created the central government with limited powers and responsibilities. When the central government violates that contract and willful...

Samson's Jawbone: "Rightly Handling" or "Rightly Dividing," which Tr... : An Elijah's Ax Head Commentary by Glenn A. Griffis Recently a FACEBOOK follower of mine responded to a comment that I made about a Ne...

Glenn A. Griffis -- I am thankful for that my parents put little value in their children's athletic development. I, too, am glad that while my wife and I put a greater emphasis on our children's athletic development than my parents did, it was never a priority in our children's lives. Yet all my life I have been told by educators and parenting experts that, "Athletics build character." Does it? Does our cultural experience with athletics support that premise? I submit that once people start getting serious about athletics, usually in High School, that there is no necessary connection between character development and athletics. As a matter of fact, I believe most athletic departments are motivated by popular social trends rather than by virtue. What athletics supports is people who conform to the popular social opinion. These thoughts in no way seek to disparage, athletes or athletics. I enjoy watching a good game or playing a good game as much as anybody, and...