Prayer by We the People

Many people have talked about taking back the country (that is, the United States). Few have talked about turning the country and turning it back to God. In many ways, our country was a gift, not that we were chosen by God in the way that Israel as a nation and people were, but we …

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Repost: The Lord’s Prayer: Our Father

Currently, I am co-writing on another blog for a friend of mine. This is my first post written for that blog, the Lutheran Column. ~ While the Lord's Prayer is a well-known part of a church service, I sometimes wonder if there is a lack of intentionality and consideration in the recitation of the Prayer. …

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Manliness in Euripides’ “Medea”

After finishing Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, I decided to begin reading a series of smaller plays, books, and poems from various points in history. I began this "quest" with reading Medea. I have read a handful of Greek plays and various peices of Greek literature in the past, but it was not until researching …

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On the Seven Churches of Asia

As unsurprising as it should be, in my search for the descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth I have discovered a greater connection to the early church beyond Acts 2. It has been a little while since I have given an update on my book, and much has happened in between then and now. I …

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Shem: the Final Son

The title makes it sound like some epic climax, and in some ways it is. But for the most part, the next step in the direction of this final son, Shem, is really an entire journey all to himself. For starters, I finally finished the Canaanites. I never thought that dissecting the past of the …

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