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“Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.”

Exodus 18:21

Exodus 18:21 has become a focal point in recent years with regards to choosing our civic leaders. It is the passage where Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, tells Moses how he should rule the people and not get a heart attack (my take). Jethro adds some qualifications that these men should demonstrate. I use the acrostic FACT, to remember these qualifications…

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I think it’s time we processed David’s (the Old Testament King and hero) life a tad more contextually and precisely. I have, as of late, listened to several expositions of David’s life and example and it has left me frustrated and frankly, concerned. This processing started recently as my wife and I were getting ready for the day in our bathroom and the conversation started about David being “a man after God’s heart”. My wife, being the biblically astute woman that she is, began to ask me a series of questions concerning that assertion as it was being applied to the entire whole of David’s life. Her questions were rhetorical, as she had read the biblical accounts on many occasions, but she was bouncing some thoughts off of me for another perspective.

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The insignia attached to this commentary is the logo for the United Methodist Church. The UMC is a notable, mainline denominational church with a long heritage tracing back to the Oxford “Holy Club” of the 18th century (1729) made famous by John and Charles Wesley along with friend, George Whitefield. They were originally called, “Methodists” as a term (more or less) of derision. These men met for prayer, Bible study, and pious discipline so regularly that their devotion was deemed “methodical”. Hence, the epithet, Methodists. Of course, through the centuries the aspersions evaporated and the title became one of notoriety. It was Wesley who wrote…

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I’m sure you’ve been reading and listening to a number of people referring to Critical Race Theory. Obviously, there are far more detailed and scholarly articles out there but allow me a small attempt at getting this page up to speed. CRT, at its core teaches… (Disclaimer: I do not embrace CRT)

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I am writing rapidly at this moment as I have many thoughts which are finally bubbling up out of my brain and need to get out. I hope it makes sense…

The nationwide assault that we are watching on memorials, statues, and symbols of country (even threatening to leap over to religious symbols) are becoming more frequent but also more nonsensical. There is a battle raging today over the place of history and how we should view it as a culture. Currently, whether it be driven by a Marxist agenda from revisionists, cultural anarchists driven by politics, or the attempt at empathy from numerous Christian leaders driven by the need for cultural acceptance; history has landed on hard times.

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