Viewpoints

|
January 4, 2021
Kerby Anderson

Lockdowns

Kerby Anderson This year there will be great pressure put on politicians and health care officials to extend lockdowns in an effort to curtail the health impact of the pandemic. In past commentaries I...

Listen
January 1, 2021
Kerby Anderson

New Year

Kerby Anderson Let me begin by wishing you a Happy New Year. At the start of this New Year, I wanted to pass on some advice. In previous commentaries, I have talked about the value of using this time...

Listen
December 31, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Christian Giving

Kerby Anderson Yesterday I talked about charitable giving. Today I wanted to follow up by challenging us as Christians to consider giving even more than we do. Perhaps the best book on that subject wa...

Listen
December 30, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Lockdowns

Penna Dexter You have probably noticed the conservative–liberal divide on COVID-19 mitigation measures, especially lockdowns. It’s not that conservatives aren’t worried about the current uptick in cas...

Listen
December 30, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Charitable Giving

Kerby Anderson As this year winds down, many Americans focus on year-end giving. There is abundant evidence that charitable giving has been affected by our newly revised tax code that rewards fewer ta...

Listen
December 29, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Chinese Spying

Kerby Anderson The recent revelation of a Chinese spy involved with a member of Congress has been a vivid reminder that China has been using various ways to gather intelligence. They not only use actu...

Listen
December 28, 2020
Kerby Anderson

China Threat

Kerby Anderson China is a national security threat. That is the conclusion of the Director of National Intelligence. John Ratcliffe begins his assessment by reminding us that he has access to more int...

Listen
December 25, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Facing Testing

Penna Dexter As we enter 2021, many scholars I respect warn that things are becoming quite different in America. What’s being described as a ”soft totalitarianism” is taking hold in American public, e...

Listen
December 25, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Christmas

Kerby Anderson On this Christmas day, I think it would be good to reflect for just a moment on the Incarnation. God became man and took on human flesh. This is a great theological wonder and mystery....

Listen
December 24, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Messianic Prophecy

Kerby Anderson On this Christmas week, I thought it would be appropriate to reflect on the coming of the Messiah. The Old Testament contains hundreds of prophecies that give specific detail about the...

Listen
December 23, 2020
Kerby Anderson

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Kerby Anderson The carol “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” is an English translation of a Latin hymn that is sung during Advent and Christmas. The text goes back to at least the 18th century (and perhaps muc...

Listen
December 22, 2020
Kerby Anderson

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

Kerby Anderson It is estimated that Charles Wesley wrote over 6500 hymns. Perhaps his best-known hymn is “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing.” Over the years it has been edited slightly, but the meaning and...

Listen
1 ... 140 141 142 143 144 ... 297