Quay County Sun - Serving the High Plains

In the first Avengers movie, there is a scene in which the villain, Loki, forces a crowd of people to kneel before him, and then gives a short...

How do you know what you know? Can you be certain about what you think you know? Is there genuine truth, and would you recognize it if it passed by?...

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) Right off the bat, the existence of God is assumed in Scripture. It’s...

1 Corinthians 7:23 says, “You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants [or, slaves] of men.” The first half refers to the sacrifice of...

It’s a rare occurrence: A passage of Scripture was thrust into the national spotlight last week, as spokespersons for the Trump administration...

Matthew 20:25-28 says: But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones...

Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” (Mark 12:17) If I had a nickel for...

Decades ago, I was involved with a movement called, The March for Jesus. The idea was that Christians across the nation would gather locally and...

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of...

One of the most debated topics within Christian theology is “Eschatology,” or the study of last things, the end-times. These discussions get...

I encounter the following objection quite a bit. It normally comes in response to my having pointed out that the Law of God found in the Bible does...

After past tragedies, I’ve written here about a biblical view of suffering; the basic human right to self-defense; and, the foolishness of treating...

The way some folks teach Romans 13:1-7, you’d think God’s intention was to turn all of his people into slaves. They’d have to do whatever any...

Here are two questions I wish Christian citizens would learn to ask their public servants and political candidates. Then, listen to the answers. A new...

You can’t legislate morality. Maybe you’ve heard that said, or said it yourself, when a conversation turned toward a prominent moral / political /...

Back in my Navy days, my chaplain used to say that Matthew 7:22-23 was the scariest passage in the whole Bible. I have tried, without success, to...

This Christmas, I’d like to share the seven most astonishing words in the Bible. They are in Hebrews 2:13, and come from Jesus Christ. In a...

Reading the book of Acts, two things occur to me. First, this is the only book in the Bible where we see Christian preachers actually preaching the...

In the wake of the recent church shooting in Texas, actor Wil Wheaton angered many with a tweet that read, in part, “The murdered victims were in a...

One foundational command of the Bible is the first of 10: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3.) This is quite early, in the...

After events like the Las Vegas shooting, the most predictable thing in the world is the resulting argument about gun control. This is...

A man came to me after church and said wistfully, “Imagine how much better off we’d be if everyone kept asking, ‘What would Jesus do?...

So, who knew? It turns out freedom is a messy thing. There are times when it seems to cause as many problems as it solves. Free people often use...

There are few things more human than our tendency to ask, “Why me?” in response to suffering, tragedy, or calamity. We see it asked and answered s...

Looking at social media, I’m getting the impression that racism is bad. Thanks, Facebook. In other news, water can be wet. I agree racism is bad....