–Guest Post By Ben Gilmore I am truly optimistic about our society. Everything around us is SHOUTING for us to focus on the corruption, graft, lies … (evil!) around us. Though not living in denial of reality, I am choosing to focus upon those things that are true, honest, just, pure, and lovely. American citizens…
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No Room for Sitting on the Fence
–By Guest Blogger Ben Gilmore: Nero fiddled while Rome burned. It is so easy to get caught up in trivia and miss focusing upon the critical thing(s). If we go into hyper-inflation and trucks and trains no longer deliver goods, we won’t even be able to buy condoms! The critical focus of the current issue…
A Time for Cool Heads and Critical Thinking
The following article was written by Ben Gilmore and is posted at Freedomthirst.com with his permission. Enjoy! The music plays nostalgic Christmas carols. The traditional joy of the season is all around us these days. We should enjoy it! The environment (economy, income, misuse of civil authority,…) all present a cause for gloom. This…
Can you be “irresponsible” enough to trust God?
The following article was written by Ben Gilmore and is posted at Freedomthirst.com with his permission. Enjoy! Most of us have made nervous jokes about trusting God. I like to illustrate it with the story of Peter walking on the water. (Take a folding chair as the boat.) Peter is on his knees in the…
Of Mosques and Churches
Welcome to Freedomthirst.com’s first Guest Blog. Our first “guest blogger” is Ben! It has not been edited at all, accept to add a couple of pictures. The thoughts are entirely those of the author, and don’t necessarily reflect the opinion of Freedomthirst.com, and the quote of Ronald Reagan is part of Ben’s post. Having said…