Behind a contentious exchange on Facebook.
Category Archives: Politics
Podcast – What do you look for in a candidate?
I would have voted for Orrin Hatch.
What do you look for in a candidate?
Related blog post: A near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused
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Music: Neil Diamond, “America”
Podcast – The quest for certainty
“I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
— Psalm 34:1
The quest for certainty
Related blog post: “The wrongest verse” revisited
Related blog post: Forgiving the cosmos
Toto, “99”
A near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused
From Christianity Today…..this is BIG
Trump Should Be Removed from Office
In our founding documents, Billy Graham explains that Christianity Today will help evangelical Christians interpret the news in a manner that reflects their faith. The impeachment of Donald Trump is a significant event in the story of our republic. It requires comment.
The typical CT approach is to stay above the fray and allow Christians with different political convictions to make their arguments in the public square, to encourage all to pursue justice according to their convictions and treat their political opposition as charitably as possible. We want CT to be a place that welcomes Christians from across the political spectrum, and reminds everyone that politics is not the end and purpose of our being. We take pride in the fact, for instance, that politics does not dominate our homepage.
That said, we do feel it necessary from…
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Podcast – Rich and poor
If I prosper, will God love me?
The William Tell Show — Rich and poor
Mike and the Mechanics, “The Living Years”
Related: Questia – Martin E. Marty, “An ordinary oppressor”
Elijah Cummings
In all candor, after the mid-terms I gained a lot of respect for Nancy Pelosi and lost a lot of respect for Elijah Cummings. Continue reading Elijah Cummings
Jason James Britt
This guy sure got worked up. Too bad it’s all fake.
Open heart
There is no truth without love.
Put differently, an open mind requires an open heart. Continue reading Open heart
Disembodied speech
Dogma: You are to believe this without question.
My housemate attended Empowerment Temple, and idolized its pastor, Jamal Harrison Bryant. He told me this exchange he heard in the reception line after a service.
Jamal Harrison Bryant told this man, “God told me to tell you [thus-and-so].” The man said, “I don’t believe that.” Bryant answered, “If you don’t believe that, then you don’t believe God.”
Hearing this, I was incensed. This epitomized what we call “disembodied speech.”
Sense of direction
Men are notorious for refusing to ask directions.
Can the Left concede any differences between men and women?
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