Posts from October 2022
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Dear Friends, Yesterday, our mail included a handful of election related postcards. This morning, I received a text message asking for money for a candidate in another state who “WITHIN TWO POINTS” in his race for public office. My email inbox is filled with reminders of the upcoming election. And of course, if I turn on the radio or cable news, the midterms are the top story. We still have two weeks to go before the votes are cast. And no telling…
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Dear Friends, This is going to be a little longer than normal, so bear with me. All of us who live in Arkansas will be deciding in less than three weeks whether we think our state will be a better place to live if we legalize the recreational use of marijuana. The question will appear on the ballot in Arkansas as Issue 4: The Marijuana Legalization Initiative. If passed, it will make it legal for Arkansans over the age of 21 to possess…
OCTOBER 12,2022
Dear Friends, What are we to think about Abraham’s nephew, Lot? When you read about Lot in Genesis, most of what we read doesn’t put him in a very favorable light. First, he and his uncle Abraham get sideways about land ownership and grazing rights. Abraham allows lot to take his portion of the promised land, and Lot quickly snatches up what appears to be the most fertile parcel of real estate, without first seeking the Lord and with no…
October 5, 2022
Dear Friends, Every other year, the folks at Ligonier Ministries team up with LifeWay Research to conduct a State of Theology Survey. In addition to assessing what Americans in general believe about God, sin, the Bible and salvation, they also look at how people who would affirm core theological beliefs answer the same questions. The results of the 2022 survey were released a few weeks ago. I don’t imagine many of you will be shocked to know that most of our neighbors aren’t…