By: Orean Brown The Bible often uses the imagery of gold being refined as a picture of what God does in our lives. Gold, when extracted from the earth, does not look like gold we find in a jewelry store. In fact, it is not always recognizable due to the…
By: Obed Pineda Imagine you are in attendance at an art gallery displaying the most recent artwork of an up and coming artist. After having been observing closely a great variety of the artist’s work, you come to realize that each piece has a moral message depicted by the sketch.…
By: Obed Pineda There is no doubt that the times we currently live in are perilous. Even though it can be denoted that many of the events that have recently arrested the world’s attention are not new, the increase in apathy and unrighteousness is undeniable. The current tense, heated social…
By: Obed Pineda “No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.” (2nd Timothy 2:4) Roman general Vegetius wrote in his book, Epitoma Rei Militaris, “Si vis pacem, para bellum.” Translation: “If you want peace,…
By: Obed Pineda Someone was wrote, “The same people who are candy to our eyes, can be poison to our hearts. Study their ingredients before feeding them to your soul.” There is no question that influence (which this quote warns about) is one of life’s tangled enigmas. Its complexity is…
By: Obed Pineda In today’s world, it is not uncommon to come across someone who is of the opinion that a father who rebukes his child is cruel and unfair. This philosophy is usually justified by arguing that a child has his own identity and thus to chastise him is…
By: Obed Pineda On a frigid Wednesday, when heavy sheets of rain had been pouring all day, there sat a man on a bench at a bus stop, waiting for his bus to arrive. He sat there, hoping that he had come to the right stop since it had not…
By: Obed Pineda In every penal code, there are certain regulations weaved by legislators as boundaries to the law, focused on securing the protection of a defendant’s rights, and simultaneously disallowing any abuse of power by members of law enforcement (police, prosecuting attorney, or judge) with the authority entrusted to…
By: Obed Pineda There are a multiple of cherished legends etched in the pages of history that tell the tales of the ancient kingdom of Camelot and its fabled ruler, Arthur Pendragon, best known by his moniker, King Arthur. Some of the Arthurian legends (as they are often referred to)…
By: Obed Pineda Holy Writ declares through the quill of the apostle to the Gentiles, “What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding” (1st Corinthians…