A Response To: “Sex and the Church: A Case for Change”

December 8th, 2008 by JR Griggs

This was a letter I wrote to Jon Meacham in response to an article he wrote in Newsweek. This article was written in May of 2002, my response was written and sent not long after that. I had come across this in my file cabinet and thought that it would be great to add to [...]


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The Real Story of Thanksgiving

November 24th, 2008 by JR Griggs

Image by R. Moreno As I started to write this I did some searching for all the stories about Thanksgiving. What I found was the simple version that you are taught in school. That the Pilgrims were clueless and the Indians came to save the day by teaching the clueless Pilgrims how to grow food [...]


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How Many People Were Alive With Cain and Abel?

November 18th, 2008 by JR Griggs

Image by jaredbazly A reader mentioned something recently about Cain and Abel. The question was asked "Where did Cain go after he was banished from the Garden of Eden? He went to a place where there were lots of people. How so?" Usually the question is “who did Cain marry?” These questions are commonly used [...]


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Pro Choice

August 23rd, 2008 by JR Griggs

I was driving home today and started thinking about the abortion issue in this country. I believe that life begins at conception and abortion should without a doubt be illegal. I am not so sure I even agree with the rape exception but I understand it. I would also agree to exceptions if the mother’s [...]


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The Sabath

March 16th, 2008 by JR Griggs

I just read an article on WND.com about the sabbath which can be read here It just seems sometimes to me that common sense is left out of theses debates. The Sabbath is most likely Saturday this is true. Based on the Jewish calender you do not have to be a scholar to figure that [...]


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