The young boy exclaimed with joy as he came scampering from his bed and down the stairs. The brightly colored tree caught the look of the child. Below it sat presents, more than he could count. He darted into the room, yelling about Santa and began dancing excitedly around awaiting to tear into the colorful packages. The illusion disappeared and the robot, Sonny, is left standing at the foot of a tall chimney that was once surrounded by an old wooden house.

Saint George slew a dragon. A real, man-eating, fire-breathing dragon. Call me crazy, but this isn’t the first or last time God has allowed one of his servants to defeat a monster.

A lone figure stood in an empty desert field. Behind him, some several hundred yards away was a frail human, more skeleton than man, who was sitting on a rock. The figure in the desert was an impressive sight.

John 18:10-11 (NKJV) says: “Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?”

Classic works of literature contain far more than enjoyable plots and characters. These writings are laden with time-honored themes, important lessons, and eternal truths from which we can both learn and gain experience. The Classic Horror Story, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, is no exception.

Here we are. The dust has settled. America has survived another inauguration. While this one may have made us sweat a little more than usual, we’ve come out on the other end of the tunnel with a new administration and new president with new promises for the country and her people. What makes this president so interesting?

It is difficult to be a Christian. If you are a Christian and you find following your faith easy, maybe it is time to take a closer look at whether you are truly following the Christian life, or only believing Christ died for you. What many fail to realize is that a true Christian is more than just a believer. A true Christian is a doer.

I was at the store the other day, and the cashier said something that struck me. I can’t remember the specifics, nor are they that important. All I know is that it primed my mind about purpose. Why are we here? What is the point of it all?

Feminist Judith Butler writes in her book Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, that, “Destruction is thus always restoration—that is, the destruction of a set of categories that introduce artificial divisions into an otherwise unified ontology.”