RHETT-orical: musing about Faith, Family, and Freedom

When I am afraid, I will trust in You.  Psalm 56:3       The night before my grandfather’s funeral, my grandmother told me about his fi...

"I would never suggest that you create your own failure – just to get it over with. Trust me; if you are doing anything extraordinar...

Click here to view my monthly newspaper column this week in The Clinton Chronicle.

Famous baseball catcher Yogi Berra played against slugger Hank Aaron in the 1957 World Series. An on-plate exchange occurred between th...

What He Does While We Wait "If we are his, God will most certainly finish the work he has started in each of us ( Philippians 1:...

Check out my article, "To My Son," at the Inspire a Fire website here.

“Take heart.” Imagine hearing those two words, as the disciples often did, from the mouth of God himself in the flesh. And yet how fl...

"A few days ago, I took part in something that was deemed unacceptable and shameful. I felt I was acting in good faith, and was ...

The following article appeared in my monthly column in The Clinton Chronicle on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. This month you graduate f...

"The Bible and the left (not liberalism; leftism) are as opposed as any two worldviews can be. While there are people who claim to h...

Here is a good word from Sue Schlesman: "Have you ever complained to God? Have you ever cried out to Him in anger? Grief? Frustra...

"As I show in my commentary on Genesis, what the first book of the Bible depicts is not only God’s creation of the world but, equa...

My Father's way may twist and turn, my heart may throb and ache But in my soul I'm glad I know, He maketh no mistake My cherish...

Be informed - and be warned . . . "This is the beginning of the criminalization of Christianity in America. This is going to be v...

For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “You will be delivered by returning and resting; your strength will lie in quiet confi...

"Most Americans are not aware how morally and intellectually destructive American colleges — and, increasingly, high schools and e...

The U.S. House of Representatives approved Friday (May 17) an expansive gay and transgender rights bill that opponents warn would devasta...

"It directs religious K-12 schools and daycare centers to force children to obey adults who show up at work one day as a man and the...

"[T]hose who hold to a biblical worldview will increasingly find themselves in a precarious position with their use of social media ...

"I will instruct you and show you the way to go; with My eye on you, I will give counsel." -  Psalm 32:8 A man and his two ...

A man sat in a park playing checkers with a monkey. A crowd assembled to watch as the two played game after game. People stared, dumbf...