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Why I Must be Prophetic
One of the tough lessons I am not learning very well over these past few years is the prophetic call of the Church. I can talk a good game, but I don’t act on it very well. Confession time. I’m a political junkie. I try and avoid it here, but if you follow me on Facebook, I’m full of it.…
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Faith in the Public Square
Apparently Brit Hume stepped into a firestorm a week ago on a news show. He recommended that Tiger Woods actually consider Christianity. Since that time, Hume has apparently been vilified all over the media and blogososphere. This column pointed out some of the fallout, then raised the idea that maybe we should, indeed, talk about faith. One of the main…
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More on Healthcare “Reform”
I have a tab on this blog with more thoughts on healthcare “reform,” but I needed to add this update from Chuck Colson. I know there are people applauding this legislation. It’s becoming the liberal version of “patriotism.” Remember the “old days” of the Iraq War when the liberals got upset when Republicans challenged their “patriotism” because they opposed the…
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Belief as Dementia, Evangelicals as Wimps, and HOW ABOUT THOSE TWINS
Leave it to The New York Times to equate religious belief with mild dementia. Check that. What they are really offended at is the thought of an intellectual having a Christian worldview. This must drive them nuts. We live in a day when David Letterman can confess on air to having multiple affairs with staff women and there isn’t one…
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The Terrorism Without… and Within
It is rare that I interact politically on this blog. I’ve done it, I’m sure, but most of the time when I make a political comment, it’s on my Facebook page or somewhere else. However, I cannot leave a couple of news items alone. The first is the terrorism without. Thomas Friedman wrote a column that is scary. Friedman is…
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Church Fights You Can’t Quite Believe…
There are church fights, and then there are church fights. Sometimes there is a dispute that causes one to truly think about the issues. This one baffled me a bit. Tullian Tchividjian, Billy Graham’s grandson, was elected new pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian where D. James Kennedy had been pastor for many years. This story details the issues, which I…
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Want a Friend?
Over the weekend our family had a great time in Kansas. Terri and I went to my 25th class reunion from Leavenworth High School and had a wonderful time connecting with friends after 25 years! Another thing we squeezed in was visiting the Harry S Truman Library in Independence, MO. All my years of growing up in that area and…
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Disappointment
Taking a stand for something is tough. There are things I have disagreed with when it came to Rick Warren, yet one thing I used to appreciate about him was he seemed to be willing to take a stand. Used to appreciate… Last fall California went through the issue of Proposition 8, which would define marriage as one man, one…
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Disappointment
Taking a stand for something is tough. There are things I have disagreed with when it came to Rick Warren, yet one thing I used to appreciate about him was he seemed to be willing to take a stand. Used to appreciate… Last fall California went through the issue of Proposition 8, which would define marriage as one man, one…
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When Christianity and Nationalism Collide
One of the key reasons I use the name “Apprentice2 Jesus” is the deep need I see for American evangelicals, especially conservatives, to separate themselves from being Americans who happen to be Christians and identify themselves as Christians who happen to be American. I should say “WE” need to do this, since I would fall into that category. Over the…
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