Christians should, in the interest of being “salt” and “light” to a lost world (Matt. 5:13-16), care about how they are perceived by others and should want to be a source of edification, not a cause of stumbling to their brothers and sisters in Christ (Rom. 14:13). As their knowledge of God’s Word Increases and they become more and more spiritually mature they will appreciate more and more what they communicate about themselves in terms of their testimony: in terms of their conversation  (Ps....

Stop using euphemisms like “democrats,” “progressives”and “liberal” in reference to people who are philosophically, in practice, and by definition, simply Marxists and communists. However much they may prefer to think of themselves and be thought of as democrats, progressives or liberals, others should refuse to play along with their subterfuge. They are in fact, America's "enemies within." It isn’t what people call themselves, but how they conduct themselves that identifies who and what...

ENLISTMENT: In 1964, I was newly graduated from High School, 17 years old and living on what was almost a farm at the end of a dirt road a mile from a blacktop road that led to the Meramec Caverns in Stanton, Missouri. I wanted to join the military based on a sense of duty (a war was on), and a desire to follow in the footsteps of my father who had served in the Pacific throughout WWII. Only 17, I needed a parental permission statement from my father to enlist.   I walked into the woods where...