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If there is one Bible verse that describes the American culture today, it is this: "In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes." — Judges 21:25 Our national ethos—our system of ethics—has devolved from that established by the Founding Fathers in principle and codified explicitly and implicitly in the Constitution. In the beginning, our ethics were based on the common assumption that God knows best and has defined ethical behavior. Unfortunately, before the ink dried on the Constitution, there were some (most?) who did not quite see it that way and started in with that whole Adamic thing of "Yes, but..." In 2022 our more-or-less originally God-based system of ethics has devolved into our present "in their own eyes" system of ethics. This new system has given us abortion, LGBTQ, same-sex marriage, rampant divorce, daycare, corrupt government, socialized medicine, Wokeness and a host of other evils; their is no limi...

  WHEN I AWAKENED THIS MORNING IT WAS 26 DEGREES, WITH A "FEELS LIKE" OF 15°. THE HEAT AND LIGHTS WERE ON AT MY HOUSE. I praised God, and one of my prayers of thanksgiving was for Oil & Gas people. I worked in that industry for more than 25 of my 48 working years, and I know whereof I speak. I can assure you that O & G people of all nationalities, cultures, colors, sexual orientations, and religious beliefs were not focused this last week on personal grievances or identity politics. I can virtually guarantee you that there were no Diversity, Equity and Inclusion meetings last week; the focus was on keeping oil and gas flowing so that people did not freeze their be-hinds off or die during this current cold streak. Nobody had a Great Resignation mentality; O&G people went to work in the frigid cold, freezing rain and blowing snow. Field workers and plant operators braved bone-chilling winds. Office workers either made their way to the office or put in long hours at ...