Author Archives: Dr. Anthony Slutz

My sister and I had been staying with our grandmother in a small town in southeastern Iowa for a couple of days, having been left there by our parents, who assured us they would be back to pick us up on a certain day. That day had come, and our eyes were glued on theContinue reading ““I Will Come Again””

In a recent post, I spoke to the Biblical admonition found in Psalms 9:17: “The wicked shall be turned into Hell, and all the nations that forget God.” America has forgotten God. It didn’t happen overnight. Our 16th President faithfully raised the warning when he said that a nation (1) Cannot bring about prosperity by discouragingContinue reading “Ancient Wisdom For Today’s Nations”

One excuse, it has been said, is as good as another. The Duke of Wellington is credited with saying that “a person good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.” And George Washington Carver said, “99% of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” An inmate at the ButteContinue reading “One is as Good as Another”

Maybe you remember the fairy tale by Danish Author Hans Christian Andersen, published in 1837, about a vain emperor who lived only for wearing new clothes, spending every moment and much of his kingdom’s capital on a new suit of clothes for every occasion, every day. His pride and obsession were to the detriment ofContinue reading “Undressed and Unaware”

“I am a nation of unparalleled prestige and prosperity. A vast network of highways tie together every major city that is stretched under my flag. Magnificent public buildings and edifices stand as monuments to my greatness. The citizens of my domain are much like the citizens of every country. Humanism has influenced society in everyContinue reading “All The Nations That Forget God”

She was born well before the turn of the 20th century, lived through the terrible Great Depression, rearing four children without her husband who died in 1922, and witnessed two World Wars, and the Vietnam war. She was a grandmother that, due to unavoidable circumstances on her part, I knew mostly from a distance. ButContinue reading “Grandma Moore”