Jerry Scott

  • You want justice?

    The caller to the well-known talk radio host began to rail on drug users basically saying they were useless human wrecks! I waited to see how the host would respond, knowing full well that just a few years ago he… Continue reading

  • God and Gold

    The financial picture on Wall St. is turning darker by the day, so it seems. In the last month, the Dow indicator is down by just over 8%- from an all time high of 14,000 in July. Is this just… Continue reading

  • Smoke, Beasts, Blood, and Thunder!

    The book of the Revelation which closes the Bible defies easy understanding. My reaction to the amazingly terrifying images in its chapters has alternately been fascination and repulsion over the years. John wrote it in symbol and code, packing the… Continue reading

  • He will wipe away every tear

    Yesterday, at the end of a tour of the battlefields at Gettysburg, PA, where the bloodiest battles of the Civil War were fought in 1863, I found myself with tears in my eyes, thinking not of the strategies of generals… Continue reading

  • So you want to please the Lord?

    In a long discussion with a person of long association with churches, there was no mistaking his true desire to know God. The paradox was that this man, despite living religiously for most of his adult life, had no knowledge… Continue reading

  • Risk Management

    The church pays over $1000 each month to an insurance company which gives us, in return, a promise to reduce our liability if one of our a buildings is damaged by fire or if we are sued by someone injured… Continue reading

  • Are you making Popeye’s confession?

    The little cartoon sailor, Popeye, was an unassuming guy who faced the villains, particularly Bluto, that desired his destruction, or at least his girl, Olive Oyl! At the moment that all seemed lost he managed to defeat his foes by… Continue reading

  • Living Hope!

    A person without hope is the saddest person in the world. I know, for I’ve been on the doorstep of that bleak house. In the mid-1990’s, I battled with severe depression. I experienced the terrible blackness that descends when it… Continue reading

  • What a Friend

    Dennis Kozlowski was born in a poor neighborhood in Newark, NJ. With a combination of amazing ambition and incredible opportunity, he climbed the corporate ladder becoming the Chief Executive Officer of Tyco, International. His drive turned a small, unknown company… Continue reading

  • Have you considered the outcome?

    Bill Mason is an intelligent man. He was on the road to a successful life. Financially, he was doing well. He was happily married. A property manager by day, he became a jewel thief by night, and a very good… Continue reading