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Bible Truth: Believers in Christ HAVE eternal life

In a recent article appearing in the Times-Republican, AI was used to research Christianity’s view of life after death. With Easter upon us, let’s look to the Word of God itself, for guidance on what happens when we die. Genesis 2:7 tells us that God connected human beings with the rest of physical creation when He formed us, “from the dust of the ground.” In other words, we are very similar to animals both in our physiological and chemical make-up. But, when God “breathed into man the breath of life,” He was breathing a part of Himself into man. He was breathing ...

Because He lives…

Jesus Christ died, was buried, and rose again and this is the Good News that makes life worth living. Jesus of Nazareth is the only human being and the only religious leader the world has ever known that has been raised from the dead never to die again. He is Alive and is the King of kings and Lord of lords and is going to come to earth again someday soon as Judge of the living and the dead to make all things new! With all of the darkness and discouragement and depression that our world deals with, there is no doubt that Jesus Christ is the Answer! The fact that Jesus Christ is raised ...

Fawning and people pleasing

Do you tend to put others’ needs before your own? Do you have trouble saying no? Do you alter your personality in subtle ways to make yourself more likeable to others? These are signs of fawning, a type of people pleasing behavior that stems from complex trauma or adverse childhood experiences. Fawning is considered a fourth type of trauma response, adding to the more well-known responses of fight, flight, or freeze. It occurs when a person attempts to avoid harm by appeasing an abuser. Individuals may use this maladaptive coping technique to appease a perpetrator in an attempt to ...

My imaginary friend, Cappy

When I was a little boy I had an imaginary playmate, Cappy. Being the youngest of eight children, and there being a three year gap between my next oldest sibling, a girl, Angel, and me, and being raised in rural Iowa, I had no one to play with. Angel and I, having very little in common, essentially ignored each other, like a cat and dog, because when we did acknowledge each other, we fought. The name Cappy came from me, and was a derivative of my own name, Curt, or Curtie, as I was sometimes called by my older siblings. Angel would call me Curtie to get my goat. “Curtie, stop making ...

Trump’s troubled appointees face scandals, backlash and low support

Besides the ill-defined Iranian war, DOJ-FBI created Epstein file debacle, tariff fiasco, Venezuela, Ecuador, Greenland and Cuba interventions, special elections turning in Democrats’ favor and the ever increasing cost for gasoline, health care, mortgages, rent, prescription drugs, food, clothing, natural gas, electricity and agri-fertilizer, President Trump has other problems. YouGov polling reveals that nearly all of Trump’s second-term political appointees are net-unpopular. Let’s examine Trump’s `most troubling’ appointees. Kristi Noem Fifty-two GOP and seven Democrat ...

Respectful or not, America enables criticism and dissent

Noah Petersen and Priscilla Villarreal live 1,200 miles from each other, Petersen in Newton, Iowa; Villarreal in Laredo, Texas. They share a key connection despite that distance. Each has encountered government punishment for exercising their First Amendment rights. Both went to court to fight for their freedoms. For Petersen, he had the good fortune of litigating in Iowa, where two judges grasp what First Amendment freedoms encompass. So, his civil lawsuit continues today. Meanwhile, for Villarreal, better luck next time. When her civil case reached the U.S. Supreme Court a week ...