Posts By: Carol Dietz

Series on Fallacies – Fallacy #1 – Words

We live in a world of great deception. It is a world where we find fallacies operating in our debates, TV ads, daily conversations and especially in the political realm. It is important for us to understand these fallacies in order that we too are not deceived. These 14 fallacies are the ones most usually… Read more »

Because – Therefore

We know that with every action – there is a reaction. In other words, we have a ‘because – therefore’ situation.   We see this coming out constantly in the prophetic writings in the Old Testament. For example: Ezekiel 26:2-3 “’Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that… Read more »

Wisdom without Knowledge is Destructive

Daniel 12:4 says that “in the end times knowledge will increase.” I thought this was interesting that it just says knowledge and not wisdom.   Wisdom is knowing what to do with knowledge. Could it be that in the last days we will have whole societies that know a lot of things but cannot figure out how… Read more »

Is There Anything New Under the Sun?

Genesis 1:26-28 “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’  So God created man in his own… Read more »

Spiral of Silence – Part 2

2 Corinthians 4:13 “It is written: ‘I believed; therefore I have spoken.’ With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak.”   I was watching the debates of the presidential candidates. If we mean that each side can come and present their views then that is a debate. But often what happens… Read more »

Spiral of Silence

2 Corinthians 4:13 “I believed; therefore I have spoken.”   Over the past few weeks I have been hearing a lot about the “spiral of silence” and decided that I would do some research and see what it is all about and how it pertains to us.   Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann was a German political scientist… Read more »

Nearer To You

“You opened by mind to Heaven above and captured my heart with Your holy love. A life of joy and lasting forgivenness, I never fear cuz I’m in Your presence. You gave me strengths and weakness too. Weakness is better, it’s drawn to You. I treasure Your words that light my path and show me… Read more »