From the book, "America’s Date With Destiny" From the Introduction: During the past twenty-five years, early American history has been rewritten. This generation of public school students can go through twelve years of elementary and high school and another four years of college without one lesson featuring the central role of America’s Judeo-Christian heritage in the... Continue Reading →
Armada
On July 29, 1588, the Spanish Armada was defeated. And you say, “So what?” Actually, it was a very big deal then and it is a big deal yet today. You guessed it - I'm going to tell you why - at least in part. The story needs to go back centuries - actually it could... Continue Reading →
The Truck – Israel
God opted to build a tool – a vehicle - to bring to mankind His truth, will, ways and works and to bring to mankind His Savior and King - Jesus. God manufactured a beautiful, powerful, and impressive truck and called it "Israel". God loaded it with His freight and put it on the road to... Continue Reading →
Declaration of Dependence
God's "elect" (the descendants of Abraham, Genesis 12:1-4) were born captives and slaves in a land hostile to the Creator, Triune God – hostile to their faith. They were born in “Egypt” without representation and brutally taxed (building treasurer cities) and oppressed (John Bunyan in jail for preaching without a license from the state). God raised up... Continue Reading →
June 4
June 4 in history 1896 - Ford drove his quadcycle before dawn 1940 - the Dunkirk rescue concluded 1942 - the Battle of Midway began 1945 - the 5th Army liberated Rome from the Nazis 1959 - I prayed to accept Jesus at VBS 1965 - Duane Pope murdered bankers in Big Springs 1989 - the... Continue Reading →
The USA Is That 4×4
The United States has proven to be the vehicle of choice for the rescuing of other vehicles because of a proven track record of doing so. When a rig slides down a long embankment... or a vehicle gets bogged down in a swamp... or a car is incapacitated on ice... or a pickup is stalled... Continue Reading →
Earth Day
In 1889, Gerald Busselman was lined up with hundreds of others on his prairie schooner waiting the signal to rush westward into the unclaimed lands of Oklahoma to stake out a place for himself. Somewhere in the process he got turned and ended up at Rosalie, NE, to farm, fellowship, rear a family, and do church.... Continue Reading →
April Days
Four April days stand out to me (and a number of secondary days such as my sister’s birthday, the OK City bombing, the Columbine slaughter, Saigon falling, and others): 1. On April 8, 1966, Time magazine’s cover asked the question: “Is God Dead?” It was a shocker! Who’d even think such a thing in the USA, let... Continue Reading →
These Days…
March 15 – Beware of the Ides of March – March 15. In old Rome it was the deadline for settling debts (something like our April 15 with taxes) and it was the day in 44 BC that Julius Caesar met his Maker as he was assassinated. Such marked a change from a Roman Republic to a... Continue Reading →
History Matters!
PK's recent sermon on Esther From the Bible book of Esther: Esther found that she and her people were in grave peril as some in high governmental places were angry at them and had the wherewithal to destroy them. What did she do? What might Christians today learn from her responses then? Esther, coming to grips with the... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 