And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. Ecclesiastes 1:13
by Steve Golden — Entering the world of men is supposed to be a process that slowly unfolds with the help of others. Through the oversight of a father, and the encouragement of male peers, a boy—over years—builds the confidence and mastery of manhood. But that has all been burned down. Households are broke, Fathers... Continue Reading →
by the Applied Heart Contributors— Regular readers of Applied Heart know that the contributors to this blog are committed to truth. Truth is the issue—and truth has been largely abandoned or forgotten over the last 2 years. Nowhere has this been more apparent than in government institutions tasked with protecting public health. The New York... Continue Reading →
by Steve Golden — This is the story of the American family—decent, loving, hardworking and kind. It wants to do the right thing. But it finds itself set in a society that increasingly regards parents as obstacles, bigots, and dupes. We cheer as teenage girls with no history of dysphoria steep themselves in a radical... Continue Reading →
by Steve Golden — And yet as I write this, we are witnessing government regulations interfering with even the most basic religious activities, including dictating when and where we can worship and even what we can and cannot do in our free exercise of our faith, while not holding secular groups or even the government... Continue Reading →
by Steve Golden — The current cultural moment is precarious. The United States is on the verge of a race war, if not a complete cultural meltdown. And the rest of the Western world seems to be following suit. Tensions are rising in every place the African slave trade has left its indelible mark.Voddie Baucham... Continue Reading →
by Mike Halpin — The current narrative being advanced by those on the ideological left is that the majority of Americans have been asleep, or maybe sleepwalking, socially speaking. Like Neo in The Matrix, what we thought was reality was in fact a dream. The general assumption that Americans of all stripes were free to... Continue Reading →
by Mike Halpin — We have finished our years like a sigh.For all our days have declined in Your fury;As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,Or if due to strength, eighty years,Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;For soon it is gone and we fly away. Psalm 90:9–10 I’m dying.... Continue Reading →
by Mike Halpin — What is truth? John 18:38, Roman Governor Pilate to Jesus. Unrighteous men suppress the truth. Romans 1:18 It is to confess we are called, not merely to profess. If I profess, with the loudest voice and the clearest exposition, every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which... Continue Reading →
by Lee Anderson Jr. — Do you enjoy your hobby? You might be surprised to find out how many people are involved with hobbies that they do not actually like. What keeps them involved? Commonly, their involvement stems from some kind of peer pressure—whether coming from a friend, a relative, or a social group (perhaps... Continue Reading →
by Lee Anderson Jr. — Some hobbies are private activities. We pursue our individual interests alone because we take pleasure in them purely for what they are. And while we might be happy to talk about such hobbies with others, our investment in them remains a very personal matter. However, there are some hobbies that... Continue Reading →
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