By: J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.January 14, 2010And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. (Matthew 24:6-7)The calamitous events in Haiti this week have left the rest of t...  Read More

By: J.B. Hixson, Ph.D.December 17, 2012Like most of you, I presume, I find myself unable to get the horrific events that took place this past Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut out of my mind. I just keep thinking of the terrified children and grief-stricken parents.  It is all so very, very tragic.I attended elementary school myself in nearby Danbury, so this tragedy h...  Read More

Most people are familiar with the term “normalcy bias,” or as it is known in the field of psychology, cognitive bias. The concept was introduced in the early 1970s by psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman after studying perceptual bias in problem-solving. In short, normalcy bias is a coping mechanism that blinds people to the truth even when it is right in front of their eyes. It is sometimes called “analysis paralysis” or “the ostrich effect” because it prevents people from recognizing the seriousness of a situation.  Read More

Comedian Bob Hope once quipped, “It’s a wonderful world. It may destroy itself, but you’ll be able to watch it on TV.” I don’t know how wonderful this world is, but Bob Hope was right about one thing. We are witnessing the self-destruction of this sin-stricken world before our very eyes. I hate to be one of those people who bemoans the state of the world by beginning, “When I was a child…,” but I cannot contain myself.  Read More

“For I am the Lord, I do not change; therefore, you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.” (Malachi 3:6)  Read More

Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause shall not alight. (Proverbs 26:2)   Read More

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; He who watches his way preserves his life. (Proverbs 16:17, NASB)  Read More

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)  Read More

My soul also is greatly troubled; but You, O LORD—how long? (Psalm 6:3)  Read More

Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. (Isaiah 60:1)   Read More

LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart; he who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor does he take up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honors those who fear the LORD… (Psalm 15:1-4)  Read More

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come. (2 Timothy 3:1)   Read More

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. (Psalm 84:10)  Read More

When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches. Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice. (Psalm 63:6-7)  Read More

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7)   Read More

“Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.” (Psalm 143:10)  Read More

“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are silly children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.” (Jeremiah 4:22)   Read More

Then she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. (1 Samuel 4:21)  Read More