Distrust of those who are in charge is a widespread phenomenon. It is easy to stir up dissension against those in authority, especially when life is difficult and progress is slow. The fans of profess...  Read More

One of the profound difficulties when you are counseling people about their relationships is to get them to deal with reality. Many times people are willfully blind to the character of the person to w...  Read More

NUMBERS 13-14The course of history is littered with “almost” victories. These are battles that could probably have been won, yet some small failure changed the direction of events. The Battle of Getty...  Read More

The course of history is littered with “almost” victories. These are battles that could probably have been won, yet some small failure changed the direction of events. The Battle of Gettysburg would h...  Read More

In the last study we looked at an outbreak of grumbling in the midst of God’s people—a sin that we said would never be included as one of the Seven Deadly Sins, but one that nonetheless had deadly con...  Read More

Grumbling never gets much attention as a problem. Grumbling is not one of the traditional seven deadly sins. In fact, it probably wouldn’t make it onto the list even if the list were expanded to inclu...  Read More

NUMBERS 9:15-10:36Starting something new can be a nerve-racking experience. Whether it is stepping out on the first day of a new school or a new job or trying to make a new set of friends when you mov...  Read More

NUMBERS 9Law. It has a very negative ring to it, doesn’t it? It sounds like rules and regulations, which we naturally hate. We instinctively respond, “Don’t tie me down! Don’t tell me what to do or wh...  Read More

NUMBERS 8The relationship between form and function has been a classic debate in architecture for most of the last century.1 Which is more important—the shape of a building or the function that it has...  Read More

“On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.” So runs the traditional Christmas carol. The song then proceeds to detail the gifts sent to the beloved, which incre...  Read More

NUMBERS 6In the 1960s there was a radical countercultural movement that found expression in changed hairstyles among young people. As a sign of freedom, or of rebellion against authority, almost every...  Read More

NUMBERS 5Almost everyone is familiar with the Second Law of Thermodynamics. In scientific terms, it says, “Entropy tends to increase.” Or, to put it in more popular language, “Chaos happens.” I see th...  Read More