Entries by Bruce Gust

The Central Truth | Part II

It Can be Overwhelming Being able to sort through all of the headlines and subject matter experts can be overwhelming when you’re trying to figure out who’s who and what’s what, especially when everyone insists that they’re right and everyone else is just trying to catch up. But there’s a tool that you can use […]

The Central Truth | Part I

I’m Done… Have you ever found yourself feeling a little exhausted, as far as trying to understand a particular issue that has no apparent bottom line? Every viewpoint is championed by a passionate collection of advocates all of whom insist that their subject matter experts possess the real knowledge and the true reality. As you […]

Read Me Your Rights

I) Intro Many of the issues that dominate our nation’s headlines are defended by insisting that an individual’s “right” is being violated if someone disagrees with their perspective. Gay Pride Pride events are about human rights; they empower LGBTI individuals to reclaim the rights and freedoms they are denied, and the public space they are […]

A Biblical Approach to Politics | Part IV

I) Intro –  A Conflict of Visions “A Conflict of Visions” is a book by Dr Thomas Sowell. In it, he distills the various political philosophies and worldviews into one of two “visions…” The Constrained Vision… “…sees the evils of the world as deriving from the limited and unhappy choices available, given the inherent moral […]

A Biblical Approach to Politics | Part III

I) Intro Thus far we’ve looked at how God does care about Politics and He expects us to be engaged. We looked at how the best candidates are going to be those whose platforms take the same approach as the one our Founders took when they defeated the most powerful empire on earth and built […]

A Biblical Approach to Politics | Part II

I) Intro In “A Biblical Approach to Politics | Part I,” we looked how God cares about Politics and He expects us to be engaged. To not be informed makes knowing what to pray for virtually impossible and to ignore the character of those who govern is to invite the kind of corruption that makes […]

The Separation of Church and State

In 1947, a discontented taxpayer brought before the Supreme Court a situation he felt was wrong in that a tax funded school district provided reimbursements to parents of children who were taking public transportation to private religious schools. His name was Arch R. Everson. He wasn’t bothered so much about the reimbursements being given to […]

Prayer

Prayer is not just for moments of desperation. Rather, it is a daily conversation from which you gain inspiration and not just medication. Perhaps if our meditation focused more on His continual Narration, our situation wouldn’t need as much clarification. Instead there would be more celebration and less frustration because of a greater appreciation for […]

A Poem About Jesus by an Islamic Cleric

I was recently participating in a Facebook thread that was questioning the deity of Christ. At one point, a Muslim chimed in and cited this poem written by an Islamic cleric (Ibn Qayyim) who asserts a number of observations about Jesus, one being the idea that the crucifixion of Christ is an absurdity, given the […]

According to Some, Jesus Never…

Some want to edit the Bible, some want to dethrone God, some want to strip Christ of His resurrected status… Some want to do all of the above. According to some, Jesus never… …fill in the blank. Here’s some “indictments” that all start off with, “Jesus did not…” Following each false accusation is a rebuttal. […]