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WHERE IS SOCRATES WHEN WE NEED HIM?
The Greek philosopher, Socrates, as you may know, was sentenced to death in the year 399 BCE for Impiety, which came down to this: he...

Dan Held Ministries
Jul 11, 20223 min read


DO YOU THINK THERE'S A BAND?
“I always think there’s a band, kid.” -- Professor Harold Hill It may be the most American of musicals ever produced on the big stage...

Dan Held Ministries
Jun 24, 20223 min read


WHO IS JESUS?
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some...

Dan Held Ministries
Jun 20, 20224 min read


SO WHAT IS AMERICA'S PROBLEM?
By now, most Americans not buried under a rock somewhere have become informed about the use of military rifles by two 18 year old...

Dan Held Ministries
Jun 1, 20224 min read


PAUL'S DECONSTRUCTION?
“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways” ...

Dan Held Ministries
Apr 28, 20224 min read


So the Truth of the Cross is.........
I was wrong. My last posting re. “The myth of the Cross” conveyed something of a myth in itself. By implication, I suggested that the...

Dan Held Ministries
Apr 12, 20224 min read


The Myth of the Cross
As a Jesus follower who is trying to do the kind of following that leads to God’s plan of salvation, I will take up my cross today. And...

Dan Held Ministries
Apr 2, 20225 min read


PRAYING FOR PEACE?
William James, America’s 19th century philosopher, is credited with saying that “man is incurably religious.” If that is possibly true,...

Dan Held Ministries
Mar 12, 20224 min read


THE SIN OF CALLING OURSELVES SINNERS
These days with the Covid-19 pandemic/endemic so much a factor in our lives, we are more apt than usual to question our human immune...

Dan Held Ministries
Feb 15, 20225 min read


AMERICA'S # 1 SOLUTION TODAY
Last month I posted a question about America’s #1 problem today. I framed the question around the idea that problems in life have stories...

Dan Held Ministries
Feb 6, 20225 min read


AMERICA'S BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
Dan Colborne, my Facebook friend who describes himself as America’s upstairs neighbor in Canada, is quick to critique any of my Facebook...

Dan Held Ministries
Jan 23, 20223 min read


AMERICA'S #1 PROBLEM TODAY?
Does America today have a serious problem on its hands? Polling in recent years suggests that this is the one question a majority of...

Dan Held Ministries
Jan 19, 20222 min read


THE BI-LINGUAL GOD-MAN
I felt helpless. Totally. It was our second day at a south Florida resort during our respite from the Ohio cold and I awakened to our...

Dan Held Ministries
Jan 3, 20222 min read


Whatever became of salvation?
How long has it been since you heard a good salvation message from a Christian preacher in any kind of venue, church or otherwise? This...

Dan Held Ministries
Dec 19, 20213 min read


Do government mandates actually work?
“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities...

Dan Held Ministries
Dec 9, 20213 min read


Can the Church have a do-over with Jesus?
This past Sunday morning began with two thoughts in my mind. First, I thought back to Saturday and my alma mater’s football team’s loss...

Dan Held Ministries
Dec 4, 20213 min read


Whatever became of sin?
This was the question asked all the way back in 1973 by the renowned American psychiatrist, Karl Menninger, M.D. in his book by that same...

Dan Held Ministries
Nov 19, 20213 min read


Today's post-truth America
I’m so old that I can remember an American TV game show named “Truth or Consequences.” If I recall correctly, Bob Barker was the emcee,...

Dan Held Ministries
Oct 26, 20213 min read


Finding Love in a Frightening World*
Today’s world is like a corn maze. If you’ve ever made your way through such a maze, which one finds more available to try this time of...

Dan Held Ministries
Oct 7, 20213 min read


America's post-9/11 Fear Story
Everyone has a fear story. That goes for every child and adult. For every state and nation. I’m talking universal experience. Our fear...

Dan Held Ministries
Sep 17, 20214 min read
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