Shooting Back: The Right and Duty of Self-Defense Shooting Back: The Right and Duty of Self-Defense by Charl Van Wyk is a book that I added to my library a few years ago. But it is a book that deals with many of the issues that remain relevant in our world today. The author of…
The Church of the Living God
“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” (1 Timothy 3:15) The Bible speaks of but one church but when we look in the world or even just…
Southern Independence, Why War
Southern Independence. Why War? Charles Pace Shotwell Publishing, 2015 The so-called Civil War has been given many names through the years, depending on what side of the Mason-Dixon you live on, or what kind of education you have had. Civil War, War of the Rebellion, The War Between the States, the War of the…
Why Baptists Cannot Unionize With Others
Why Baptists Cannot Unionize With Others by Buell H. Kazee In the first place, Baptists are unique, or they or nothing. That is, they are different. There is no point to their being just another denomination. If they can possibly unite with any other religious body, and still remain true to the Bible, they ought to…
Anxiety by Pink
Anxiety Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) “In nothing be anxious.” (Phil. 4:6, R.V.) Worrying is as definitely forbidden as theft. This needs to be carefully pondered and definitely realized by us, so that we do not excuse it as an innocent infirmity. The more we are convicted of the sinfulness of anxiety, the sooner are we…
Monumental Spiritual Attacks
The attacks on the Southern history and culture are not new. These things happened before. But what I find, as I am studying the Scriptures and reading books such as Christ in the Camp by J Williams Jones, this is very much a Spiritual battle. The monuments and the men, or rather the character of the men…
Emergency Surgery
“Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases…” (Psalm 103:1-3). I woke up this past Lord’s Day (June 4) in a LOT of pain in my abdomen….
Last Man Standing
“Last Man Standing” is being cancelled from ABC, even though the hit comedy is very popular. While I don’t watch a lot of tv, I do enjoy the show. Tim Allen was always a favorite of mine growing up. (Who else remembers Home Improvement?). His show is one of the few with conservative values….
Stone That Cannot Be Moved.
“Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces….” (Daniel 2:34) I am awake this evening watching yet another monument being removed from New Orleans. Now, I just want to say that I have never…
Education: Does God Have An Opinion
I just finished reading Education: Does God Have an Opinion? by Israel Wayne, published by Master Books. The book is divided up into two parts. The first, he calls “The Apologetic,” in which he deals with establishing a truly Biblical philosophy of education. The second part, is what he calls “The Core Subjects,” is…