Articles written by David Bechtel


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  • When people desire security over liberty

    David Bechtel|Updated Mar 13, 2017

    I've heard a lot of talk about safety and security lately. When it comes to the security of our homeland, I think of the poster that can be found at powwows, rodeos, and Native festivals. It shows a historical photo of Apache warrior Geronimo and his fellow warriors with the text "Homeland Security since 1492". I'm sure if Geronimo were alive today, he'd have a solution. Presidents or prime ministers are not some kind of supreme ruler or king, unless they are dictators or...

  • The Dark Side of God

    David Bechtel|Updated May 25, 2014

    When ranting against and questioning God, I tend to forget that the darkness I am struggling against, trying to see through, or just sitting in weeping in, could be from God-it could be God. God created darkness for a reason. In the beginning, He separated it from the newly created light-insinuating that perhaps He created it or it simply pre-existed the creation of the world. He wielded it against the Egyptians when He was breaking their will and freeing His people. He...

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