The lament below comes from the Christian Post. It is written by a Southern Baptist professor who is a known conservative. I can only quote part of it, but I recommend that you read the full article. It is well worth reading. The author is Dr. … [Continue reading]
Why Latinos fear the Arizona law
Sadly, the cartoon above is correct. See the interview: A Chicago man who spent the weekend in jail and faced deportation on suspicion he is in the country illegally said what happened to him illustrates the need for America to change the way it … [Continue reading]
On various political opinions
The post on understanding the range of political expression brought several interesting replies. I call them interesting because they actually help to demonstrate the different, and very strong, opinions in the Christian camp. It will actually help … [Continue reading]
Memorial Day 2010
Understanding the range of political expression in the USA
Look at the two political diagrams that I have attached to this post. Each one of them tells a story that is much more complex than the one that you commonly get to hear in this country. Because the story is not heard, too many Christians end up … [Continue reading]
Christian libertarians and morality
Libertarianism is an appealing approach nowadays. It can best be classified as the "pox on both your houses," approach to politics. For many is is an appealing minimalist approach because of the constant unending stream of news that we get about … [Continue reading]
The dangers of a convert’s blog
Well, yet again with another Pithless Thoughts comic. This one made me chuckle because of the Episcopal Assembly currently going on. I am a convert; I admit it. And, I understand the convert tendency to be looking not simply for the Church of the … [Continue reading]
Rand Paul, the Tea Party and Libertarianism
There has been a lot of furor over the remarks by Rand Paul recently. Needless to say, defenders of Rand Paul immediately charged that it was "gotcha" journalism. This is the favorite political catch phrase when you have uttered something that turned … [Continue reading]
Posting suspended for a couple of days
My stepfather passed away around midnight yesterday. My father died when I was seven, and my mother remarried a few years later, so he has been the "dad" in my life since then. I spent all of yesterday involved in the inevitable set of rounds one … [Continue reading]
Secular reaction to extreme, uhm, dispensationalism?
On May 18, Father Orthoduck published a publisher's blurb on an anti-rapture secular comic. He commented that the secular comic is probably, in-part, a reaction to a certain strain of Christianity. Yesterday, a poster made the following … [Continue reading]
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