by jeff.sanders | Sep 27, 2018 | Blog
How do you become a Marine? You watch a John Wayne movie and presto!, you are a Marine, right? That’s laughable, isn’t it? But that is almost the attitude some people have about learning self defense. “If I just take a few classes or a seminar, then...
by jeff.sanders | Sep 25, 2018 | Blog
Over the past 30 years of pastoral ministry I have counseled victims of sexual assault. I cannot convey the sadness and anger I have felt. Sadness that such a horrible crime has been committed, and anger that in most cases justice was never served to the perpetrator....
by jeff.sanders | Sep 10, 2018 | Blog
I am the youngest of four kids; my brother is six years older than me. Throughout most of my younger years my brother loved to pick on me, bully me, and occasionally beat me. I was always shorter and weighed a lot less. I wanted to fight back back against him and...
by jeff.sanders | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog
America saw yet another mass shooting the other day–this time at a gaming convention in Jacksonville, Florida. David Katz, 24, was apparently distraught over losing in a gaming tournament. So he pulled out a gun and shot 12 people. Two were killed, the others...
by jeff.sanders | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog
I do not believe the Bible (in particular the New Testament) teaches a total pacifism. I do not believe that the godly Christian response to Hitler and Stalin’s intentions and invasions is passive non-resistance or appeasement. The gas chambers of Auschwitz and...