The American Brand

By Dr. Jim Ferguson Religious belief has the potential to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Andy Stanley   Will Americans awaken to wokeness? Do people realize that this Marxist philosophy is everywhere? And yet I sing, This is my Father’s world: O let me ne’er...

Family Wisdom

Family Wisdom My grieving will resume after Dollywood. Oakley By Dr. Jim Ferguson We recently had a death in our family. Not like the death in the autobiographical novel by Knoxvillian James Agee. Our pony Checkers was old and had been declining for some time, but the...

Analogies

Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime. Joseph Stalin’s secret police chief, Lavrentiy Beria. By Dr. Jim Ferguson Do you find it curious that President Trump’s Manhattan arraignment was during Holy Week? President Trump is no Jesus. He is a sinner like me....

Sunday Lunch

It’s not what’s served, but who’s around the table that counts. Becky Ferguson By Dr. Jim Ferguson The only time I lived away from Knoxville was during medical school and internal medicine residency in Memphis, Tennessee. I don’t miss Memphis. And although I had lived...

Biologicals

Our hearts remain restless until they rest in thee, Oh Lord. St. Augustine By Dr. Jim Ferguson Recently I told my wife, Becky, “I am no longer employable.” My regular readers know I am now retired from medical practice. In fact, I decided to let my medical license...

Wake Up, America!

Wake Up, America! Fools are put in many high positions. Ecclesiastes 10:6 By Dr. Jim Ferguson When did it begin? I’m not talking about the banking collapse, Biden’s latest crisis. We’ve come to expect a weekly crisis from the sock-puppet president, his progressive...