From one perspective, Pastors are likely to be the LEAST capable persons talking about business. Sadly, most pastors today have little experience in the real world, never having held down a long-term job since they spent most of their life in various academic institutions. Usually, parents, churches and denominations subsidized them …

Definitions
The word “occult” means “hidden, concealed or secret” and refers to esoteric knowledge of such things as astrology, sorcery, magic, alchemy, etc that gives the practitioner special “powers”. Deuteronomy 18:9ff lays out God’s view of ALL occult activity, “When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to …

Sometimes, reality catches up and passes us by. I began working on this column well over a month ago, before President Bush launched the war against Saddam. As I talked with various people, spent long hours in research (well, actually surfing the net) and interacted with long time friends and various “experts” …

With the very title of this book, Restoring Christian Civilization, the authors are making an assumption; if something needs to be restored, it is implicitly assumed that it once existed, has subsequently fallen on hard times and now therefore must be rebuilt. And yet this assumption is often challenged by many evangelicals today. It has …

Rev. Brian M. Abshire
As I write this, it is just a few days before Christmas. Last night, my wife laid out the presents she had bought for the kids. There were some clothes, a few games and several items that each of the children had put on their wish …

Biblical Principles Vs Pragmatic Practices
Rev Brian M. Abshire
I am not a pacifist. I have little time (or stomach) for those who want the benefits of liberty but are unwilling to pay the price. I am proud to have worn the uniform of my country (even though my contribution was less than glamorous). …

Or, I Love Bambi, Medium Rare
Rev. Brian M. Abshire
Some of my strongest, child hood memories of growing up in rural Maine come from the hunting stories the old timers used to tell during the winter. Fishermen spend the long cold winter nights in tiny work shops, building …

Some Thoughts on Survival and Security in An Unstable World
Rev. Brian M. Abshire
My record as a prognosticator is pretty bad. Fifteen years ago, I predicted, based on sociological data of how large populations react to significant social events, that as the millennium approached, we could expect increasingly bizarre behavior by certain …