http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7127721.ece (link is now behind a paywall – Jan, 12) From the London Times there comes more insight into the mindset that drives Facebook, in its coverage of a bio-pic on FB’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg. I’m gratified that the story behind Facebook’s privacy incursions […]
Category: Culture and Society
Raquel Welch speaks out on sexual morality
This was a pleasant surprise. Looking back, Raquel Welch examines the values that drove her career and continue to drive the culture, and she finds them wanting. She makes the salient point that when the sanctity of marriage is depreciated, and sex appears to […]
One great leap for socialism
A sad day for the nation, as it takes a major step towards socialism. The healthcare bill will do nothing good for medical costs, quality of coverage, the national debt or the economy. It will instead ration care, bankrupt the nation, and prove to […]
U.S. on the verge
No matter what happens, we who love the Lord are in His very capable hands. He can and will use anything, even the nation stepping off a cliff, to bring about His will. But He always prefers mercy to judgment, and in situations like ours He looks for intercessors to provide justification for pouring out His miraculous saving power. We need to be praying, in faith.
Where church and society are heading
Over at the Washington Examiner, Mark Tapscott has written a very insightful article looking forward. It's pretty rare to have someone take a peak into the future and come up with a believable scenario, especially one that runs counter to prevailing wisdom, but that's what Mark has done. And what he envisions for our society has repercussions for the church as well.
Witnessing to the culture
Sanctified political action is a good and even necessary thing which should be pursued. But if we don’t change the hearts of the people we are going to lose the culture, and then the nation itself, and no law or politics will be able to stem that tide. The church can function without government support. It's terribly undesirable, inconvenient and painful, as we abundantly see in persecuted nations, but it can be done. But the church cannot function with the personal testimonies of the saints.
Thoughts on love
Ah, St. Valentine’s Day. Candy kisses and pink greeting cards. Nothing wrong with that, per se, but instead of making singles feel more lonely, divorcees more heartbroken, husbands more pressured and wives more miffed, how about we return the holiday to its original meaning, […]
Keeping conscience in the outer court
I love the dualism of the phrase, "having the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience". It graphically shows that being Christlike allows us to be both spirit-led and rational. With feet firmly planted on the ground, our spirits still can reside in the very throne room of heaven. The mature Christian is a mighty warrior for God, indeed!
Panic on Beacon Hill
In case you haven’t heard, Massachusetts, of all places, is about ready to explode. On the very verge of Congress passing the late Ted Kennedy’s signature issue, national healthcare, his replacement is about to be decided, and things are not looking well for the […]
Brit Hume’s Christianity comment -updated
1/9: politics daily, CT interview links added You may have heard of the flap regarding Brit Hume advising Tiger Woods to embrace “the Christian faith”. Here’s an update on the initial story. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_dCB-XUwoc&feature=player_embedded] Was Brit proselytizing? v.intr. 1. To induce someone to convert to […]
Two good laughs
I’m in a zany mood, maybe as an aftereffect of that last post, but I just came across two items that made me crack up. First, the inimitable Ramirez from IBD: Then, a slightly offbeat but hilarious exposition of the Gospel by Ann Coulter. […]
Notes on the war
Just a quick note on three outstanding pieces, two re the war on terror and one on the state of conservatism. First, Krauthammer, again, this time holding forth on the administration’s very poor conduct of the war on terror. War, what war? Whatever one […]
Reflections on the change of year
I think the New Year holiday is a good time to reflect back on where we've been, where we are and where we're going. Jesus often exhorted the first disciples to "come apart to a desert place". We need to periodically change our mental scenery so that we can get a fresh perspective on ourselves.
Walid Shoebat
If you can find about an hour’s time, I encourage you to check out this prophecy conference held almost a year ago. This is a seven-part series with Walid Shoebat, who had an American mother and a Jordanian father, was raised a Muslim and […]