by Amanda Read Sheik | Apr 4, 2015 | Politics, THE WORD, World Views
We human beings, regardless of political persuasion, wrestle with our independence. We wrestle because we desire to be in complete control of our own destiny in the flesh, whether it be trusting our handmade individualism or trusting our man-made government to be our...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 20, 2015 | Culture, World Views
Last fall, musician Nick Jonas talked to Wendy Williams about his previously chaste lifestyle: I think that, you know, [the purity ring] was an important part of my childhood, and it was that. And I think as I grew up and sort of figured out what was important to me...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 16, 2011 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views
“What is government if words have no meaning?” Such was the question that Jared Loughner asked Representative Gabrielle Giffords at an event in 2007. Unsatisfied by Giffords’ response (or warranted lack thereof), Loughner targeted her with an apparently vengeful...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 23, 2010 | Luke Historians, World Views
I’m not sure why that title came to my mind. I suppose it’s just another one of my tributes to the downright stiff-necked mankind’s attempts at knowledge continuing to pale in contrast to the Bible. Not everybody realizes that faith can be...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 17, 2010 | Luke Historians, World Views
3000-2000 B.C. – Job exclaims how badly he wants his words written in a book – with an iron stylus and lead, to be specific (Job19:23). 1600-1400 B.C. – The Book of the Wars of the LORD is referenced (Numbers 21:14). 1525-1405 B.C. – Moses...
