We are currently watching “The Chosen” on Sunday night at 6:00 and are in season three. It is an
interesting program. I, and many others, have been asked if the show is accurate in its portrayal of the
Gospels. The answer is yes…and no.

There are two things that I believe are necessary for a civilized culture: Discipline and accountability.
Both of these things are achieved by “rules”. The Cambridge Dictionary defines “rules” as “an accepted
principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are
allowed or are not allowed to do.” So, we see rules as a particularly good thing.

I read an article that stated several reasons why a person should not vote for a certain candidate for
president. I disagreed with all of them except one. The article claimed the candidate was an
“Islamophobe”. I would hope so. The fact is, we should all be Islamophobic. As freedom-loving citizens,
we should be concerned with the lack of freedom and liberty afforded by Islamic beliefs and practices.
However, my personal Islamophobia is Spiritual. The first thing that stood out in their doctrine is that
the message was supposedly delivered to Muhammad by an angel (the same goes for Mormon

We are just a month away from our annual “Grace on the Bluff”. It relies on your donation of unwanted
items. I hope you have been setting things aside. Please stay tuned for the dates we will be receiving
donations. And please note we will not be taking furniture this year. There is always a lot left over and
many times the items just too heavy and it is not easy to arrange pickup/delivery.

There is a “documentary” entitled “Bad Faith” that purports to show the nation, during this voting year,
that Christians are striving to make America a Christianity-ruled government rather than a democracy. If
you believe what that piece of propaganda says, you will see Christian voters as the most dangerous
group of people that this nation has ever seen. They are honestly claiming that. They’ve coined the
phrase “Christian Nationalism” and show the dangers of a theocracy, claiming that is what the average
Christian desires for our government.

“Freedom of religion” is a phrase that summarizes part of the first amendment to the Constitution. It
says, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof… Sounds great, doesn’t it. From recent rulings and actions taken by the government, however,
it seems that the part that says, “prohibiting the free exercise thereof” seems to be relegated to just
“going to church”. That is, the government can’t stop you from going to church services.

Leonardo DaVinci’s painting, The “Last Supper” is iconic. I suspect that anyone over the age of 10 has
seen it and would recognize it immediately. So, when the organizers of the blasphemous scene of drag
queens, gays, and others mimicking the Christian faith said that it wasn’t intended to portray Christ’s
final meal with His disciples, even atheists rolled their eyes and laughed at the idiocy.

There are two major divisions of Protestant churches, the Mainline and Evangelical. The term Mainline
refer to a group of churches that were the dominant denominations in early America: Episcopal,
Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and a couple of others. Evangelical denominations are Baptist,
Pentecostal, and many of the non-denominational mega-churches.

When I graduated from High School I started working part time at Sears as I went to a community
college. I worked in the hardware department, home of the famed Craftsman tools. All Craftsman tools
had a lifetime warranty. My “sales pitch” to customers was that the tools were guaranteed even against
loss. I’d tell them that if they lost one, just bring it in and we’d replace it.