The Astros had the best offense in baseball in 2017, scoring almost 900 runs in the regular season. And they showed plenty of pop in the postseason, too; for instance, they set the record for the most home runs ever in a World Series. Yet in the postseason, teams face better pitching than during the…
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Egalitarianism and the Role of Women in the Church
“The central disease in the sexual revolution is the egalitarianism that drives everything else. Because it begins by setting aside portions of the plain Word of God, it ends by us discovering that the hidden intent the entire time was to dispense with the entire Word of God. And when that happens, there is no…
Feasting on Christ: A Bible Study on Love
This study is on love, the subject of the two great commandments, and the means of our salvation. It is all we are called to do. If we love God and those around us through Jesus Christ, we will be with God for eternity. My hope is that this study will help those who use it to “love…
Books with a Christian Worldview for Children, Young Adults, and the Young at Heart
I’ve read a lot of books to my son, William, over the years. In part because of his reading challenges, in part because there are some VERY good books out there for younger folks that I didn’t read but are still very edifying for me today, and in part because of what I have read…
Fake Research Leads to Fake News
I recently saw this headline claiming that abortion rates increased after Texas defunded the abortion provider Planned Parenthood in 2011. After claiming that the new policy resulted in the closure of some “women’s health clinics,” The Huffington Post article stated, “the abortion rate among teenagers in the state rose 3 percent over what it would…
Short Memories
We have such short memories. Relating to today’s debate about fossil fuels versus renewable fuels, here is what The Times of London said about a similar debate over coal versus renewables: Coal is everything to us. Without coal, our factories will become idle, our foundries and workshops be still as the grave; the locomotive will…
The Son of Man is Given His Kingdom
May 25 was Ascension Day, where we remember on the church calendar the ascension of Jesus recorded in Acts 1:6-11: So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that…
Markets, Not the Governing Elite, Secure Life, Liberty, and Prosperity
A recent article by the Niskanen Center tries to make the case that regulations should be considered beneficial unless proven otherwise. The thing is is that we don’t need data to understand whether the effects caused by regulation are on balance good or bad. Liberty tells us that the cumulative effect of regulations will be…
Restrictions on Free Trade will Cost Texans Dearly
Last spring, the Texas Legislature passed a law that will force taxpayers to pay up to 20 percent more for some public projects. In Washington, D.C., a tax is being considered that could increase what Texans pay for insurance. Why would the government do this? The short answer is influence by special interests and a…
Local Government Regulation Tramples Property Rights
“Property owners do not acquire a constitutionally protected vested right in property uses …” – Texas Supreme Court; City of University Park v. Benners, 485 SW 2d 773 (1972). To fully solve the problem of local regulations making Texas cities less and less affordable for the average Texan, delaying construction, and costing Texans jobs, the…