Without a doubt the greatest book I have ever read outside the Bible is Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. It is the true story of Louie Zamperini and his survival from shipwreck and torture by the Japanese. Angelina Jolie directed the movie…

I remember well how I was picked on in grade school and in junior high because of my size (I was usually the shortest boy). So, I have a special place in my heart for all the “outcasts” in school…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

I just taught my self defense class to several ladies. I teach every Monday night at a gym. We don’t do any fancy, silly “Karate Kid” moves. Instead I teach teenage girls, middle-aged homemakers, and retirees in their sixties simple,…

You know it’s a bad century when people start enumerating world wars. World War II was certainly the worst man made disaster to befall the human race. Some 60 million people perished in six years of fighting. The war ended…