A cursory examination of history reveals that the United States is mired in the same process that precipitated the collapse of the great empires of the past. Empires are defined as great military and economic powers encompassing large occupied or controlled land areas. The foibles and failures of human nature and their impact on the rise and fall of empires is amazingly consistent and the end result always inevitable. In 1976, Sir John Glubb, a distinguished British diplomat and general, … [Read more...] about The Decline of the American Empire
God's Plan
The Power of a Common Enemy
In February 2022, China and Russia unveiled a plan for a new world order. A Washington Examiner article stated in October 2023, that âChina and Russia have outlined a vision of international relations anchored in their potential to reinforce each other in disputes with the United States and its allies while cooperating on an array of economic and diplomatic fronts.â Moscow and Beijing could now develop into an integrated challenge to American power. The entire situation with Ukraine began … [Read more...] about The Power of a Common Enemy
What Is the Kingdom of God?
What is the Kingdom of God? I donât think we can overstate the importance of the answer to the question. There are so many theories out there about different systems of belief including different definitions of the Kingdom of God. We need to think about the end result of what those beliefs produce and about what the implications of their version of reality are. The idea of the Kingdom of God was clearly central to Christâs ministry making it a fundamental premise of our hope, of our purpose, … [Read more...] about What Is the Kingdom of God?
The Garden of Eden Prototype
When God created mankind there was a strong bond between the Creator and the Created. This bond extended to the rest of the earthly creation that God had made. Man was to work with the environment to subdue it and have dominion. In other words, he was to dress and keep it. God and man walked together, they talked together, and they worked together. All of those things are contained in the first chapters of Genesis. The Creator, Man, and the environment all worked … [Read more...] about The Garden of Eden Prototype
2024 Relationship Challenges
Due to the natural proclivity of the human mind to focus inward on self, relationships in âthe worldâ are deteriorating. Nations are turning inward as are the communities that form a nation. We see the emergence of what is being called âIdentity Politicsâ and the âNew Tribalism.â This is a form of polarization which has as its underpinning an emphasis on self. This should not surprise us as we know the god of this world is a self-promoter. At the personal level, our present cancel culture is … [Read more...] about 2024 Relationship Challenges
Keynesian Economics
We have a responsibility to consider Godâs ways and His instructions versus manâs ways. God created all things and in that creation He installed two trees in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:9,16-17). He explained the situation. He provided context and information for the people that He created and put in the Garden of Eden and gave them free moral agency. And He wants us to choose: â. . . I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life . . .â (Deuteronomy … [Read more...] about Keynesian Economics
Let the Oppressed Go Free
There is an area that has affected me perhaps the most in recent times. Weâre all different. But what I find it very, very hard to deal with is manâs inhumanity to his fellow man. We are not caring about or thinking about the effect our behavior is having on other people, whether individually or nationally. For many people on this earth today, human life has very little value. Solomon had something to say about the state of oppression on the earth: âThen I returned and … [Read more...] about Let the Oppressed Go Free