All the forces of reason combined are unable to rescue the thoughtless person who is so enamored with their agenda that they themselves are perishing at the hands of that very agenda. And in order to insure that the principled nature of this nation is not doomed to perish alongside them, we must make certain that we are not that person.

Self-serving biases and self-centered agendas are cotton jammed in the ears of our conscience. Even if truth shouts, we can’t hear it.

The Bible says that “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” But I would wonder if the greater fool is the one who (in his stubbornness) incessantly tells himself there is no God because there’s just enough God in him somewhere that’s incessantly telling him otherwise.

Don’t think that trying to make something ‘right’ because you wish to engage in that which is ‘wrong’ is going to fool your conscience.

Even if you have a great head start and some really fine running shoes, you can’t outrun guilt.

My conscience is the kill-joy of my greed. But my greed is the killer of my life. Any questions?

How many times has our conscience firmly prompted us to ‘draw the line,’ and we showed up with an eraser?

We know enough to know that all of this is not quite right. And we know enough to know that settling for what’s not quite right is quite wrong.

Left to my own devices, it won’t take long before my conscience will be overrun by my greed. And if my devices are that faulty, I need to turn to a God who is not.