Not long ago, I posted a scripture to my Facebook page to which a good friend responded saying the passage applied to Israel, not to us.  Trust me, I know our country is not the twenty-first century equivalent to Israel or Judah, but I also know this is God’s Word and what it says is for everyone to read and for everyone to take to heart.  God speaks through His Word.  On some level, every portion of the Word of God is…

       As several of us were having breakfast together on Friday morning, the conversation at a table behind me caught my attention as it began moving in a politically angry direction.  We know lots of people are mad these days, and Christians can be among the maddest.  We tend to see our nation going to hell in a handbasket for any number of reasons – spiritually, morally, economically, politically – you name it.  Of course, throughout human history people…