The Simple Life

Educational Goofiness Goofy is defined as crazy or silly. Sometimes I think it is the motto for our modern “scientists,” and possibly the entire educational system.  It seems that many hesitate to “take on” the educational community because they are not adequately trained or educated, and therefore remain a silent majority who actually think that the upper educated are prudish, boring, and off base, even goofy, but will not say so or endanger being persecuted by those who will use words they cannot even understand.  The truth of the matter is that there are many who consider themselves highly educated who seem to be rather goofy.  For example, there are those who actually believe that this universe came into existence through millions and millions of years, and that somehow we have evolved to the state in which we now live, even though human logic and the actual evidence seems to defy such thoughts.  They must believe that rhetoric is what equals tr...

Liar, Liar, Life on Fire Matthew 11:16-19  But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, “We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.”  For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds. A generation that decides what is truth rather than discovering it rushes recklessly into the future. In many respects, we do not care for truth unless it benefits us. The negatives of our lives are there we say because we are victims, not because we are sinners. Obesity is a “disease,” narcissism is a “disorder,” and homosexuality is “something we are born with.” We label the constant battle within to do right and wrong “bipolar” instead of ...

Loving Children We often hear political speeches from those who pull at our heartstrings with rhetoric about the children of our nation being our greatest asset. We hear of the need for better education and concern for the epidemic of obesity. Our children seem to be over-medicated, yet not healthy, over-stimulated, yet bored with life, and over-scheduled, yet under achieving. Our children are being destroyed in a culture that is addicted to the indoors, electronics, and passivity. The real problem or tragedy may be that a measurable improvement in their lives can be achieved with some solutions that are easily available to all. Children are sponges for information, and in the information age of which we’re a part, we need to guard what information they absorb. We carefully watch over what our children absorb when it comes to food and air, but often do not show a concern for what they absorb into their minds. It is not just tainted food or polluted air th...

Run, don't Walk. Time is short. Unplanned time always goes towards your weakness. Gordon MacDonald. Urgency is often due to lack of planning rather than the importance of the given matter. We often make the unimportant the important at the expense of the important. We have spent so much time and energy on the unimportant the the important fades in importance. When we are finally face with the inevitable, the important, we have no time or energy to take it on. All people have a finite amount of energy, time and resources. Satan knows this and loves to "emergencies" in our lives that demand our time, resources and energy so that when the "important" arises we have nothing left. We quit planning our time because we are afraid of missing out on something. Often we become so concerned about what might be that we neglect what is. This neglect eventually destroys us. We need to be people who give of our first fruits, our first energy, our first time, our firs...

The Reason Rally 2012 Held on March 24 in Washington, DC. (Information from World Magazine-April 21, 2012) Four definitions of reason: 1 [count] : a statement or fact that explains why something is the way it is, why someone does, thinks, or says something, or why someone behaves a certain way 2 [noncount] : a fact, condition, or situation that makes it proper or appropriate to do something, feel something, etc. 3 [noncount] : the power of the mind to think and understand in a logical way 4 [noncount] : ideas and opinions that are fair, sensible, and appropriate I would contend that the idea of “Godlessness” does not fit any of the definitions of reason. If one was given a piece of a ten thousand piece jigsaw puzzle and was asked to make a statement about the entire puzzle, they would not be giving any reasonable explanation. The facts they have, the conditions they observe, and the situation they have encountered would leave them feeling helpless and overwhelmed. This single pie...