Lucifer’s Insurrection: A Score Yet Unsettled

Revelation 12:9 makes a significant statement. A “being” is mentioned, as one who is responsible for “deceiving the whole world.” This is not a frivolous accusation when considering the confusion and damage he has caused over the centuries of human history. Clearly then, is there any doubt as to God’s justification and right to hold […]

Are You a Fox or a Hedgehog?

How would you describe yourself? Are you someone with broad knowledge or narrow focus? Do you draw on a wide variety of experiences with no centralizing concept to pull everything together? Or do you organize everything that happens in your life and all the knowledge you have acquired around one big idea? In the 7th […]

Is There an Eternal Hellfire?

  I’ll be your guide and you will follow me, And I will lead you through a world of pain, Where dead souls writhe in endless agony and clamor, As they cry to die again.” Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy The doctrine of an eternal Hell was around at the time when Italian Poet Alighieri […]

The King’s Marine

A Promise in the Parade Ground Many of us are familiar with the Hollywood plot line common to military movies which involve a recruit, the drill sergeant, and a special mission thereafter. Several war movies made after the Second World War were of this genre. One such example was the Sands of Iwo Jima (released […]