Mike Sechler's Blog

  The Conflict A non-Christian friend of my mine recently sent me these texts, You shall know them by their fruits...a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit...wherefore by their fruits you shall know them. Matthew 7: 16-20 Still believe Herschel is a "christian?" The primary questions I would like to answer for my friend are: What does Matthew 7:16-20 mean? How do I arrive at that conclusion? And finally does the message of Matthew 7:16-20 preclude Herschel or someone like him from being a Christian?  Clearing away the brush Therefore, I want to respond to him, but before I do, I want to clarify some hidden issues and assumptions in this conversation. I don't think I have ever talked to my friend about Herschel Walker, who is a US Senate Candidate from Georgia. Now maybe he has had conversations with other people and so was responding to them, but otherwise, this was for me a new conversation, so the "still" i...

  This is a response to my friend Tim who claims that the events of January 6, 2021 were the worst thing that has ever happened in this country. I believe he used those exact words, but if I am wrong or if he does not believe that now, then I am willing to be corrected. He claimed that I could not make a determination on this point if I had not watched the January 6th hearings. I want to narrowly argue that while I did not watch any but a few clips of the Jan. 6th hearings, I can and should still have an opinion about those events and what they say about our country and culture. My two main points are: I did not think the hearings would inform me of anything substantial that I did not know before, and therefore would not change my mind. The people primarily responsible for producing the hearings (Dem. House leadership) are hypocrites who have, are, and will encourage the breaking of the law for their own political gain in much if not exactly the same way that Donald Trump has....