Back when I was a very young boy and watched Sesame Street regularly, I remember this one short propaganda cartoon which came on frequently in between the hijinks of Grover, Big Bird, Oscar and the rest. In this short cartoon a young child, about Sesame Street-watching age, began to brush his teeth, left the water…
Occasionally Deus Vincit delves into the old hymns and this is one of those articles. You can find the other posts in this series here: https://deusvincit.com/category/hymns/ Have you noticed that it is often the general observation which is most objectionable to people’s sensibilities? We seem to live in a culture in which we object to…
(Photo courtesy of Jeremy Perkins at unsplash.com) The other day I went to the park with my two little kids and they both found ways to amuse themselves by spinning around. This brought to mind how much I loved spinning rides as a child. Just like my kids, if given the opportunity, I’d stay on…
Faith is a living, bold trust in God’s grace, so certain of God’s favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it. Such confidence and knowledge of God’s grace makes you happy, joyful and bold in your relationship to God and all creatures. The Holy Spirit makes this happen through faith. Because…
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid…
I always see television shows portray family trips as horrendous forays the wrong way across the river Styx. The dad is always intent on driving as many miles a day as possible, refusing to stop for any reason other than fuel. The mom is always lecturing the rest of the family about togetherness and/or descending…
Just across the street from one of the houses in which I lived while I was a boy was a small forest. It wasn’t anything spectacular, just some small (maybe twenty foot tall), broadleaf trees which grew in an L-shaped, 8-10 acre patch on two sides of the neighborhood. At its widest point it was…
