Via HotAir.com, here’s an update on the Jenny Sanford story. She just announced she is divorcing her adulterous husband. In Forgiveness vs. Reconciliation, I used her example to illustrate the critical Biblical difference between these two concepts. While we must forgive, reconciliation depends on […]
Author: paul1149
The religious American (updated 12/11)
Pew has an interesting new survey out today on religious beliefs and practices. Like it or not, post-modernism is here. Structures are meaning less and less, and function more and more. Americans are more likely to attend church outside their denominations than before. One-fifth […]
Jeremiah’s complaint
Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not loaned, nor have men loaned to me; yet every one curses me. – Jer 15:10 The time has […]
Batteries and misplaced religion
Make no mistake, we are watching the spectacular implosion of our society. Because the pace of life is accelerated, we are inured to change. Distracted by the latest celebrity newsmaker, we no longer take notice, but our institutions are crashing down around us just as surely and obscenely as the Twin Towers toppled, each collapsing floor adding to the energy and inevitability of the destruction.
Lt. Col. Allen West
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Waiting patiently
I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a […]
Choosing to believe the promises
I’ve been in the midst of moving, and not under the best of circumstances. I’ve had to downsize, and there is a huge question mark where I’d like my future plans to be filled in. Because of the changes, the last year and a […]
A reverence for God
I recently was drawn to the “strange fire” episode in Leviticus, in which two of Aaron’s sons offered an unauthorized sacrifice to the Lord, and lost their lives for their presumption. And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and […]
Startling evidence of how far we have fallen
If you want to get a taste for how far we’ve fallen, for how deeply our culture has embraced a suicidal level of political correctness that prevents us from defending ourselves from evil, give http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2QxNWFlZDM5MDQ0NzM4MDg3ZjA3MDE5ZjNmYzBjYzU a read. The Army has learned nothing at all […]
Islam’s true nature: making sense of the Koran
Give this article a quick read: http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2007/11/modern-revelations-about-islamic.html. It very neatly puts the nature Islam in perspective. Understanding Islam is very simple when you put the Koran in chronological order. The Koran, which was written by one man, and which blatantly contradicts itself, theologically mirrors […]
Questions regarding the Ft. Hood massacre
Questions have arisen concerning whether the Obama administration's worldview and self-interest are impeding the pursuit of truth concerning the Ft. Hood massacre.
A handy online Bible utility
EDIT: As of 4/2016, this site seems down. Too bad, was a nice service. I just came across on Twitter a very neat Bible utility that you might find handy. If you want to link to any Bible passage, you can quickly write it […]
The enemy within
Institutionalized political correctness is eating away at the spiritual fabric of our nation, and is crippling our ability to defend ourselves from our enemies.
Berlin Wall +20
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the demise of the Berlin Wall, infamous symbol of repression, here is the clip of President Reagan challenging Gorbachev to tear it down. This was a real president, who understood America’s soul and purpose. Reagan was excoriated […]
