President Barak Obama called Michael Jackson a pop music “icon” as have nearly all of the major news networks. News of his death has dominated the internet and print media. What is an icon and why does our press fawn over a man of this sort? An icon is a representation of a sacred personage [...]
The prolific writer and beloved Scottish preacher, Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), delivered a sermon on 1 John 2:15 entitled, The Expulsive Power of a New Affection. He sought to convince his hearers that it is a generally futile to dislodge from the heart an inordinate love for the world by attempting to prove it an unworthy [...]