“Sören Kierkegaard, the Danish philosopher and theologian, declared that in removing from Christianity its ability to shock, it is altogether destroyed. It becomes a superficial thing, incapable of inflicting deep wounds or of healing them.”…

There have been times when I felt sorry for those committing crimes. When I brought a person in for an interview, I was able to get to the bottom of the case pretty quickly. In the last five years of my career, I began to get very good at it…

Several times while working in law enforcement, I was inside the ER of a hospital. I either had a prisoner or a victim of a crime, drowning, or death. Many times people arrived inside the ER for treatment from other related injuries. It’s what ER’s do. Once, there was a man who had crushed his hand inside a hydraulic press while working at Tensolite Inc…

Some years back, a friend and I were in the backyard trimming limbs on our oak tree. I had a chainsaw to trim the bigger branches, while he held them. One limb, he pulled to avoid it falling into the neighbor’s yard. As I cut the branch, it swung around and hit my head. I thought, “That really hurt!”…

The human body is an amazing creation of God. It can withstand some pretty intense abuse. In my years in law enforcement, I have seen some pretty gory situations. Some were victims of violence, accidents, and/or natural disasters…

I witnessed a similar event some years back. After being convicted of 1st-degree murder, the defendant who killed his brother was released earlier than anyone would suspect. He faced the death sentence for the premeditated murder of his brother. As the lead detective in the case, it was a slam dunk case…

Often, I have conversations with young people who have grown into a different generation and belief system than I do. When I ask questions about their belief systems, I find that most have very different thoughts…

In society today truth has become relevant. Ask any person how they determine what is true today. You will get differing answers. It all depends on what each person deems as truth and where they derive it…

Back to yesterday’s story: I told each of the youths I was leaving, and they all became angry. They said, “What can we do about this?” I said, “Nothing, it is done.” One high school boy said, “Well, we want to do something.” …

I had a bad experience with a pastor in ministry over 25 years ago. I was working as a youth pastor at the time. The newly arrived pastor was approached by a few people in the church spreading lies about me. I waited until he was settled knowing he would contact me. These lies were demonic…

History records some stories about Pilate I’ll bet you didn’t know. “The Pilate literature places ultimate responsibility for the death of Jesus upon the Jews. Unfortunately, the blame this group of texts places on them, more than Pilate, for the crucifixion of Jesus may have seeded early anti-Semitic attitudes that fueled later acts of violence against Jews (Burke, Secret Scriptures, 84)…

Today we see criminals seeking the endorsement of another criminal. The problem is when one criminal (Pontius Pilate) even sees something wrong…

I had a drill sergeant in the Army who used to put the fear of God into all. I knew he was an Airborne Ranger during the Vietnam War, so he was no one to fool with. On the first day of training, he asked who the biggest man was in the room…

So many of us have regrets for things we have said or done over this lifetime. We think back to the scars we each carry from our yesteryears. I know I share my own. From things we did raising our children to decisions or conversations with some, we can never get back…

During my days as a correctional deputy, we delivered prisoners periodically to prison. One time we took a man who had been convicted of 1st Degree Murder. It was a volatile case from the beginning. The victim’s family made death threats to the suspect before and after the trial…

Years ago, I sat in traffic court for a man ticketed for reckless driving. He decided he wanted to fight the ticket. When court began, he brought out a professional-grade depiction of the roadway. When the judge asked me if the road was a correct depiction, I told him yes. I said that it was not where I spotted the defendant driving recklessly though…

It is easy to get caught up in the crowd. If the crowd goes one way, it is easy to take the path of least resistance. It doesn’t take any effort either. Christians and the lost do it every day. I remember a friend of mine years ago, saying he hesitated in singing some of the lyrics to songs like, “I Surrender All,” or “Wherever He Leads I Will Go.” …

While working as a Task Force Officer assigned to the FBI on the Joint Terrorism Task Force from 2003-2006, I held many security clearances due to the nature of the cases we investigated. Some cases were normal law enforcement sensitive cases, while others were classified as Secret, and above…

I have been in courtrooms where justice was rendered outside the norm. Some cases were rendered in favor of the defendant where leanness was meted, and others where the defendant got way more than bargained (which happened rarely)…

Some years back while in law enforcement training, we were at the gun range. We were working through police shooting scenarios with simunition ammunition (plastic bullets shot from real guns). In one scenario, you arrive in your police car without any provocation from anyone…