Category Archives: Opinions
Freedom, truth and liberty
In John 8:32, our Lord tells us, “you shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
“Truth” in this context is the truth of God’s Word, which is the expression of His will, and stands perfect and without error. It is the light of the Holy Spirit shining resplendent in His Word. Whatever deviates from this, in thought or action, is falsehood (not true) and error; the Word is the standard of all that is true and good and right and beautiful. It is through acceptance of this truth that we are released from the bondage of spiritual death.
We read in Matthew 11:29-30, “Come to me, all whose work is hard, whose load is heavy; and I will give you relief. Bend your necks to my yoke, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble
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Getting through drug shortages
In the spring of this year, the U.S. saw a larger prescription drug shortage than we’ve seen in 10 years. And we haven’t recovered yet.
Part of the problem is that 78% of our drugs (or at least a crucial ingredient in each one) are made in foreign countries. Chemotherapy drugs, antibiotics, mental health
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I can feel the truth in my blue blood
I don’t know how many of you remember this, but I am actually a direct descendant of Henry VIII, king of England, 1509-47.
I laid out a very clear case for this claim in a column a couple of years ago, and despite any fake evidence to the contrary, I believe it.
I have the right to believe whatever I want as an American — except Communism and flag
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How serious are we about detesting sin?
We spoke last week about addictions that involve more people than we could imagine, and we should realize by now that personal problems happen whether one proclaims they are a Christian or not. We live in fleshly bodies with a default nature and its not a surprise that with our 
carnality having it’s own desires, we have difficulty staying on the straight and narrow. We mentioned that cognitive dissonance is when we know something is wrong and experience guilt
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Pancakes have 2 sides
Pancakes have been around for centuries (Get it — “a-round?”).
More than 12,000 years ago, pancakes were made from grains mixed with water or milk and cooked on hot stones. That sounds reasPonable, since we all know that it is possible to fry an egg on the sidewalk these days.
American-style pancakes, made with cornmeal, were called Johnnycakes. Shakespeare mentions
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How can scams go on this long?
A grandson collected his grandmother’s survivor benefits for 30 years after her death.
How, one wonders, can that happen? Is no one checking to be sure those who receive benefits are still living?
In this case the survivor benefits, based on the woman’s marriage to a veteran, kept going to her bank account. And the grandson kept spending the money, $1,100 per
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Don’t get caught up in survey scams
The latest craze in senior scams is surveys. Thieves want to know our opinions about products and services, and we’re happy to oblige — especially when there’s a lovely prize for us if we participate.
Who wouldn’t want an expensive TV or a vacation just for answering a few survey questions?
We wouldn’t, that’s who. Because it’s likely part of a scam.
Survey scams can show up in any number for formats, either a direct call to you or in
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Councilman weighs in on Trump rally costs
I read last week’s article about the Trump rally and the costs of the rally. Let me add some clarity.
Lindsay Graham asked the city of Pickens if President Trump could speak at the Independence Day Celebration. The city agreed. People like the city administrator Charlene Carter, Chief Randal Beach, Davey Hiott and Barry Crawford (Market at the Mill) worked with Team Trump
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Calibrating my new AI partner
Most of America’s problems could be solved by the use of an Electromagnetic Alternative Reality Rerouter.
That’s a device that would beam out waves that would align a new set of synaptic connections in everyone’s brains that would instantly enable them to understand why the people they disagree with think the way they do. And vice-versa.
Perhaps then we would discover that there’s really no one to “save America” from but our own
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Honest with God and ourselves
In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is the perception of contradictory information and the mental toll of it. Relevant items of information include a person’s actions, feelings, ideas, beliefs, values, convictions and things that are going on all around us.
Cognitive dissonance is typically experienced as mental and emotional stress when an individual
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