The past two Messengers have focused on how Ascension Day should help shape the way we honor other observances – such as Mother’s Day and Pentecost. In honoring mothers[...]

Last week’s Messenger dealt with two recent observances – Ascension Day and Mother’s Day – and how Ascension Day can help explain the attacks we’ve seen on motherhood lately.[...]

Yesterday at many churches, two different holidays were celebrated – Ascension Day and Mother’s Day. Ascension Day was actually on Thursday, May 9th, but most churches recognize Ascension Day[...]

“They don’t have to gamble,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says of gambling opponents. Perhaps not. But we all have to live with the evils gambling produces. And Alabamians should[...]

Can I point to a Scripture passage that says, “Thou shalt not gamble”? Not in those exact words, not even in the KJV. But if we look at the[...]

My last three 1819 News columns have stressed that (1) gambling preys upon the poor and fails to create new wealth; (2) gambling was a disaster in colonial America[...]