One of the alarming trends in today’s culture is the labeling of dissent (disagreement with a stated view) as “hate speech.” A popular name for those who disagree is “haters.” The last few years have seen public discussion of such topics as abortion, same-sex marriage, legalization of certain drugs, etc., effectively shut down because those against such actions are seen to be “full of hate.” Now admittedly, anyone involved in a disagreement can be motivated by hate. That ther

One of my favorite memories involves brother Hugo McCord. He was recently retired as professor at Oklahoma Christian College (now University). He and his wife were being supported by the Atwood church (where I began preaching locally) in periodic mission trips and writing projects. Two or three times a year, they would visit Atwood and he would preach on the Sunday mornings of those weekends. Those times were blessings to my life as a young preacher of the gospel. His deep k