This hymn was writ­ten af­ter two ma­jor trau­mas in Spaf­ford’s life. The first was the great Chi­ca­go Fire of Oc­to­ber 1871, which ru­ined him fi­nan­cial­ly (he had been a weal­thy bus­i­ness­man). Short­ly af­ter, while cross­ing the At­lan­tic, all four of Spaf­ford’s daugh­ters died in a col­li­sion with an­o­ther ship. Spaf­ford’s wife Anna sur­vived and sent […]

Barrels of ink have been used trying to explain why Democrats lost the 2004 elections. Residents of the red states are pretty particular about who they give their house keys to. As long as the ACLU is engaged in activities like this, the left will continue to have a difficult time taking possession of the […]

Romans 8:26-27
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the […]

I’m terribly afraid that the leaders of the evangelical community, in their rush to have their agenda inacted by President Bush, just don’t get it.
“The president could have paused to thank all those good people who poured in and gave him power again,” James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, told U.S. News & […]

Please read Phil’s posts here and here regarding the place of Christians at the table of public policy. It’s a must read for all Evangelicals that are concerned about Christianity in the arena of public policy.
Money quote:
The bottom line is, as I see it, is that while political power is important, it is not foundational […]

Psalm 8
For the director of music. According to gittith . A psalm of David.
1 O LORD , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to […]

Psalm 46:1-3
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According toalamoth. A song.
1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam […]

Ummm…pardon me; but I can’t resist the temptation. There have been thousands of words written regarding the reasons for the defeat of John Kerry and his compatriots. I, and I alone, have come up with the answer. It can be summed up in two words. Maureen Dowd. She alone, stands as the prime example […]

Psalm 66:16-2016 Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. 17 I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. 18 If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; 19 but God has surely […]

Sixty-two years ago today, the Allies launched Operation Torch, their campaign against Germany in North Africa. How fitting is it that once again, the armed forces of the United States have once again launched an attack against the enemies of freedom?