Author Archives: Stan Guthrie

“We insisted on our way and have made such a hash of healthcare that now we’re demanding single payer.” I have a better idea. Maybe you fellas should sit this one out.

“If God rewarded the righteous immediately, we would soon be engaged in business, not godliness…we would be pursuing not piety, but profit.” — Clement of Alexandria

“Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.” ― Charles Spurgeon

At the beginning of the Roman Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, the doors of four basilicas were opened. Those who passed through them and met certain other conditions, the RCC teaches, received full plenary indulgences for the temporal … Continue reading →

The heaviest thing a man can hold is his own tongue.

During our shortened days at this time of the year, people increasingly look for the light. Christmas reflects this universal longing but did not create it. My latest blog post for New Covenant Church.

By Stan Guthrie At the dinner table during Advent, we were discussing the secularization of Christmas. My “indescribably beautiful” (and intelligent) wife suggested we should have two celebrations: a “winter holiday” for the masses who are more into Santa and … Continue reading →

Usually when people encounter an angel in the Bible, they are told, “Don’t be afraid,” because angels are fearsome beings, and often the instruments of God’s judgment. So recently as we sang “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear,” about the … Continue reading →

Christmas begins in the manger but doesn’t end there.

“We’re all in the same boat, upon a stormy sea. We owe each other a terrible and tragic loyalty.”— G.K. Chesterton