June 2, 2016

One of our first Supreme Court Justices, John Marshall said, “The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men.” It isn’t a perfect system, but it’s remarkable that even our highest officials can be removed from office or sentenced to prison. Ancient Egypt, Babylon, or Rome, […]

To every man there openeth A Way, and Ways, and a Way, And the High Soul climbs the High Way, And the Low Soul gropes the Low, And in between, on the misty flats, The rest drift to and fro. But to every man there openeth A High Way, and a Low. And every man

These were the golden years of Israel’s history. Solomon succeeded his father David and ruled for 40 years in the 10th century B.C. Israel was at peace, accumulating a massive trade surplus, building the first temple (1 Kings 10:14-29). Yet, like voyaging upon the Titanic, no one knew what lie just ahead. Solomon started out