Since the death penalty is back in the news with the Boston Marathon bombing trial, here's something for you (and me) to think about. It has to do with where the death penalty comes from, what crimes does it apply to today, and who is really the party with the ...

The scariest words from the Bible would be having Jesus tell me, I don’t know you.

 Sometimes though, these words are right up there -

Jn 17:15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

Especially when ...

First came the churches, then came the schools
   Then came the lawyers, then came the rules

Just in case you don't recognize it, the quote above is from my favorite song Telegraph Road, by Dire Straits.
It's about hope.  And desperation.  And hope.
Not unlike one of David's ...

All you get from love is ...

There's a conflict here.  Can you see it?
Hint - look at the title of this post - and look at the graphic.
One seems to be hopeless.  The other full of hope.
So how can both be true?

 We saw earlier in the Qur'an where it says God can take care of Himself. It shows up again in Sura 73. But again - it's abrogated.  This really begs the question - does Islam truly believe that their God can take care of Himself - or does He need ...

 What ISIS Really Wants

I was going to do this one later.  It came to me this morning, while I was sort of half awake and half asleep.  I'm still trying to get completely over this pneumonia thing - it's a real pain.  Then I saw ...

The Qur'an, in Sura 73, encourages praying at night.  
How does this compare with what's in the Bible?

We'll look at the New Testament to see how the two compare and contrast.

And then look at what the differences mean.

The first thing I thought ...

Would Jesus heal an ISIS fighter?  

But maybe just as important is the answer to why this question is so important.

Would Jesus heal an ISIS fighter?

I believe there's no doubt as to how this would be answered.

The Faith of the Centurion

Mt 8:5 ...

We hate rules.  But could we live without them?  

Take the game of Monopoly for example.  There's lot of rules.  And we follow them.
Especially when we can use one of them to nail one of the other players.  
Like when someone else gets the advance token to Boardwalk card, ...