by Wendell Griffen | Aug 12, 2021 | Opinion
What is going on in Texas? On Tuesday, Aug. 10, the Texas Supreme Court granted a petition sought by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and issued a stay of the temporary restraining order (TRO) District Judge Brad Urrutia entered Sunday, Aug. 8. The TRO prevented arrest...
by Wendell Griffen | Aug 5, 2021 | Opinion
Worship of Molech was the most abhorrent form of ancient Semitic idolatry, according to Unger’s Bible Dictionary. It was expressly forbidden by Hebrew law and was denounced in prophetic writings attributed to Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Amos, particularly because one...
by Wendell Griffen | Aug 3, 2021 | Opinion
Our congregation suspended in-person worship from March 15, 2020, to May 30, 2021, to protect one another from the risk of coronavirus transmission and infection. After the members of our congregation who could be vaccinated received their shots, we resumed in-person...
by Wendell Griffen | Apr 22, 2021 | Opinion
It has been almost a year since George Perry Floyd breathed for the last time face down on a street in Minneapolis on the evening of May 25, 2020. It has been almost a year since we learned that the official report issued by the Minneapolis Police Department...
by Wendell Griffen | Mar 16, 2021 | Opinion
On March 21, 1960, South African police shot and killed 69 people at a peaceful rally to protest apartheid “pass” laws in Sharpeville, South Africa. In 1979, the United Nations first observed March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial...