Why It Matters if Ethics are Agenda- or Need-Based

Why It Matters if Ethics are Agenda- or Need-Based

Can you explain the distinction between a philosophy and an ideology? A political science professor 50 years ago helped me clarify my thinking around these terms. He suggested that a philosophy is an open-ended search for, and refinement of, an understanding of truth...

Are You Going to Make a Good Choice

A sermon by Bob Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. February 16, 2014 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 “Are you going to make a good choice?” This is a question I heard my daughter ask one of her six-year-old twins. It seems Kate was on the verge of getting...

Proverbs: A Great Source for Little Threads of Life

Life looks big. That’s the first thing we learn as children, and some carry that perception with them through every significant stage of life. Our point of view in childhood is mostly at knees and ankles. We look up, craning our necks to look into eyes that are...

Extreme Makeover

A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky., on September 30, 2012. Mark 9:38-50 Years ago, a man decided to install a new television antenna on the roof of his house. Just for the record, television antennas dotted the...