The Bible starts out, “In the beginning, God….” (Genesis 1:1) The Bible assumes there is a God, and states in a few places that “the fool has said in his heart, ‘there is no God.’” ...
https://thecuttingedgersm.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/does-science-lead-us-to-god/
Ready for a little etymology (the study of the origin of words)? The Latin word spiro means “to breathe.” In the English language spiro is transliterated (brought in letter for letter) as “...
https://thecuttingedgersm.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/inspiration/
This summer I was privileged to teach the Sunday morning Bible class at Faith Bible Church in Panora, Iowa. I taught on the Gospel of John. As I considered John’s gospel, there is both amazemen...
https://thecuttingedgersm.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/passing-the-mantle/
In early July 2009 I responded to an editorial perspective in the Des Moines Register newspaper in which the deputy editorial page editor argued for having more women in the federal judiciary. Th...
https://thecuttingedgersm.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/sotomayor-and-identity-politics/
Back in September 2008 things in the United States seemed just fine. Although the country would be electing a new president on November 4, no one seemed to have a clue about the coming financial ...
https://thecuttingedgersm.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/is-it-well-with-your-soul/
Irony or ironies, last year (2008), the day after Laurie and I left California for a writing sabbatical in Iowa, “same-sex marriages” began to take place in California. Then, the day after we...
https://thecuttingedgersm.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/same-sex-marriage/
Kenya. Home away from home. This April (2009) will be our third annual trip to Kenya. It will be like returning home. Meeting our dear Kenyan Brothers and Sisters for the first time two years ago...
https://thecuttingedgersm.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/back-to-kenya/
Spring is nearly in the air. It is a time of renewal. It is a time of rejoicing that the winter is over (this means much more in parts of the world, like Iowa, where the winters are severe, and l...
https://thecuttingedgersm.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/st-paul%E2%80%99s-case-for-the-resurrection/
Rolling Stone Ministries has served on three continents–North America, Africa and now Asia. Bwana asifiwe! (“Praise the Lord” in Swahili) In January Laurie and I had the privilege of spendi...
https://thecuttingedgersm.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/johns-recap-of-our-2009-visit-to-india/
St. Paul told the church at Rome, “Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due….” (Romans 13:7a). In 21st century democracies (e.g., the United States, India, Kenya) there suppos...
https://thecuttingedgersm.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/government-bail-outs/