Category: religion

‘An Answer to a Bible-Basher’ (2013)

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Debating dyed-in-the-wool atheists can be a thankless job.

https://leeduigon.com/2013/11/page/2/

Roy Rogers–“king of the cowboys”–and Dale Evans were major stars when I was a little boy. I watched their TV shows. They also cut records, including the one above: Faith, Hope, and Charity (That’s the Way to Live Successfully). Back then, no one called for them to be silenced–not that Roy would’ve listened.

So here’s a little piece of mainstream popular culture, vintage 1950s. It’s as good an answer as any to a Bible-basher.

Teacher Wins ‘Preferred Pronouns’ Lawsuit

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My favourite John-Cleese-in-drag moment!

It used to be funny. It isn’t anymore.

A public school teacher in Wisconsin has won a $20,000 settlement against the school that fired him… for not using two kids’ “preferred pronouns” (https://amgreatness.com/2025/03/11/teacher-wins-in-court-after-being-fired-for-refusing-to-use-preferred-pronouns/).

His lawyers argued that it was a First Amendment, religious freedom issue. We are not told whether the school offered to reinstate the teacher. Well, if it were you, would you want to go back there?

So if some boy insists he’s a girl, we’re all supposed to fall in line with his delusion and make like it’s real–or else?

I do not know why “Public Education” has committed itself to gender anarchy. What I do know is that the time has come for public education, supervised by the federal government, to go away and not come back.

‘Draw Me Nearer’

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A classic hymn by Fanny Crosby, we have it here as song by the choir at Technical University of Mombasa–all the way from Kenya.

Draw Me Nearer, Blessed Lord: it’s an old Sunday school favorite.

By Request, ‘In the Garden’

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Before I totally run out of steam for the afternoon, we have a hymn request from Phoebe: In the Garden, by the Garment of Praise Quartet.

Gorgeous photography of God’s handiwork, and wonderful singing in harmony–you can’t beat that combination.

‘A Very Weird History Lesson’ (2023)

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Run, Pharaoh, run!

Remember this–“Finish the race or die” (https://leeduigon.com/2023/10/16/a-very-weird-history-lesson/)?

This was ancient Egypt, some 5,000 years ago. The artifact shows a First Dynasty pharaoh running a ritual race. If he doesn’t finish the course, thus proving his fitness to continue to rule, they’ll kill him and crown a younger man.

The First Dynasty also featured mass graves. The bigwigs shouldn’t have to depart without their servants, should they? We also find this in ancient Sumeria and ancient China: when the boss dies, you die.

Well, that’s the fallen world for you. Want to try a world without Our Savior? There are plenty of examples… from the Aztec Empire to the Soviet Union.  Surely your college professor can pick one for you.

 

‘May the Mind of Christ My Savior’

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Here’s a hymn I’d never heard before, tell now: May the Mind of Christ My Savior. Sung by the Joyful Singers, Calvary Tengah BT Church.

Do I have any hymn requests out there?

By Request, ‘One Pair of Hands’

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(We’re not really an hour later. Daylight Savings Time has made everybody late.)

Requested by Erlene: One Pair of Hands, sung by Carroll Roberson. He means the pair of hands that created the gorgeous background scenery in this video.

The Same Pair of Hands Made Us All

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I didn’t know birds could be playful–especially birds of prey, like this falcon.

But makes sense, though, doesn’t it? Every living thing was called into being by our Creator. And many of them He endowed with a sense of play.

Can’t teach a falcon to play chess, though. That pleasure He reserved to us.

‘Christ for the World We Sing’

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[We’re not late! Suddenly it’s Daylight Savings Time.]

I always loved this hymn: Christ for the World We Sing, by Felice de Guardini. I remember him from our Sunday school hymnal.

Sung by the congregation at the Church of Christ.

‘Oh, Sinner Man!’

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Would you believe we used to sing this song in junior high school music class? It’s true! They hadn’t yet decided that public schools should be a religion-free zone.

This is one of my favorites: a Caribbean spiritual, Oh, Sinner Man, transported to the cold, cold seas around Scotland.