Sometimes the real issue is not the pressing issue. Sometimes a more basic principle is at play that we dare not violate. Especially when we think we can handle a tricky situation ourselves, we can choose an expedient solution, only to find that we've made the situation far worse. The devil's most effective time of getting us to stumble can be when we least expect it.
Tag: Christianity
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 […]
Still think you won’t be paying for abortions?
From Newsrealblog comes this damning video of the Sec. of HHS Sebelius describing an accounting sleight of hand that will indeed cause every taxpayer to pay for abortion. It’s bad enough for a nation to tolerate abortion. Elective abortion blatantly crosses the line of […]
Iran on the verge -updated w/Krauthammer
The nation of Iran nears a boiling point. Street clashes are intensifying and turning increasingly violent. There has been a incendiary statement, purportedly from military leaders who are ready to turn on the evil Islamic regime. Whether legitimate or not, the statement will have […]
This day we fight!
Yesterday I cited the admonition of Jesus, “To whom much is given, much will be required”. But God judges nations as well as people. And as He does with people, God judges nations subjectively, based on what each one could do, on what each […]
America used to be a beacon
Jesus said that "unless a grain of wheat fall to the earth and die, it cannot bear much fruit." The world will never forget Neda, and the Iranian people will never rest until they are free of political and religious tyranny. Through her sacrifice, Neda has already begun to bear incalculable good fruit.
Terrorism, heroes and cowards
But while the American people constantly prove themselves heroes, there are cowards among our ruling elite. These leaders are either more concerned with career than with protecting the nation, or are afraid of the cost of telling the truth, or are too dumb to know the truth.
Made like us, so we could be like Him
Had Jesus come merely to repopulate the earth with godly seed, none of the issues the devil had raised in his rebellion would have been resolved. And the new race could have fallen just as easily as had the first. But Jesus didn’t come to replace, He came to redeem. The Incarnation is only half the story, the other half being the Cross.
Christmas
Many centuries ago, Christians got tired of the dominant culture celebrating pagan feasts which seduced their weaker members and corrupted their young. So the Roman Winter Solstice feast, an extended drunken and immoral extravaganza (sort of like the prototypical office Christmas party, only a […]
Whom not to trust
One cannot create goods and services out of nothing. Yes, there are efficiencies that can be realized over our present system, but this bill isn't about those efficiencies, it's about forcing the medical system to make bricks without supplying it the necessary straw. Either fewer bricks will be made (rationing), or the medical industry will be put to forced labor. Taking money and initiative out of the system will of necessity stifle creativity, bring research to a screaming halt and lower the standard of treatment.
Learning to trust
The question is, how does one trust God? Failing in that will keep one in a holding pattern. We need to trust God, for if we trust God, we will be open to Him. And if we are open to Him, we are going to hear from Him. And if we hear from Him, we are going to be empowered.
Senator Nelson’s price -updated
From the Bread and Circuses Dept. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIt6UHQP6Ys Gateway pundit has also gathered a list of some other parochial sweeteners to this deal, at the expense of the commonwealth. So many politicians, so few statesmen:
