I am a supporter of short-term missions. However, my blog post of the day before yesterday did not make that clear. I have seen at least two people called to long-term missions because they served on a short-term mission team. My problem is not with short-term missions per se. My problem is with under-trained teams […]
“In God We Trust” upheld in San Francisco federal court
Fed. appeals court upholds ‘under God’ in pledge By TERENCE CHEA Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and […]
Texas Issues Tim Cole, Who Died in Prison, Its First Posthumous Pardon – AOL News
Texas Issues Tim Cole, Who Died in Prison, Its First Posthumous Pardon – AOL News. Back in October of 2008, I blogged a series on the increasing failures of our national crime and prison policies. At that time I pointed out that states such as California were already spending 10% of their budget for prison […]
For members of the Tea Party
By and large Father Orthoduck is not in favor of the Tea Party. Nevertheless, Father Orthoduck posts the cartoon above. Given the extremely low rating that Congress has, regardless of whether one is a Democrat or a Republican, the cartoon above points to a uniting point between Democrats, Republican, Independents, Libertarians, Anarchists, etc. Sadly, that […]
The American Revolution and morality, part 03
Now having said what I said on the first two posts in this series, you might assume that I am against any possibility of revolution. But, that would be wrong. My question was whether one could develop any Christian theology of a just revolution. And, I have pointed out that this is a very difficult […]
The American Revolution and morality, part 02
Now some of you may be thinking that to question the morality of the American Revolution has to be some type of strike against conservative Christians or some attempt to do away with the idea that the USA is a Christian country. But, it may surprise you to know that the question has been raised […]
The American Revolution — was it moral?
Father Greg and I have both posted on our respective blogs on the issue of just revolution lately. When is a revolution moral by Christian standards? This is very important because the claim of many of us is that the USA has a basic Christian foundation. I think that it is beyond the shadow of […]
On Romans 13 and government
Copied below is a comment from the previous post that I have moved up to be a main post because it brings up several good issues. I have slightly edited it to remove comments that refer to another blogger. The comments are from Fr. Greg, who has his own blog. First, regarding the legitimacy of […]
Haiti and the lack of compassion
Father Orthoduck was going to post a follow-up on the post “A Christian View of Wall Street” from a several days ago. However, some news came out yesterday that has him fuming. What news? New York, January 30 — The United States military has stopped evacuations of critically ill patients from Haiti to Florida until […]
A Christian view about Wall Street
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Jim Wallis www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis Have you ever asked yourself whether there is any other Christian view than the viewpoint of the Religious Right? Is there no other option but to say that God completely opposes […]
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