Politics
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“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” —Groucho Marx “The Democrats are the party of government activism, the party that says government can make you richer, smarter, taller, and get the chickweed out of your lawn. Republicans are the party that says government… Read more
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Elections are about rich guys taking on other rich guys. It’s about a two-party system that controls just about everything and is incredibly unresponsive to people. They pay attention to LOBBYISTS, but they pretend to need us (the voters) for a short period of time. It’s rich guys bashing other rich guys for being… well…… Read more
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David Brooks hits this one out of the ballpark. I find more people involved in politics who REALLY say, “Well, if (name the other party) wasn’t in control, we could get more done.” (All while their political ads tout their ability to “cross party lines.”) Even in the church, it’s easier to define who we… Read more
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I saw this picture from a friend on Facebook and just couldn’t resist putting it up and talking about it: The issues of Ferguson, MO, and race are, like so many issues slapping us around today, far more complicated than the bumper sticker answers we usually have. They are even far more complicated that the… Read more
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Over the past few days I have relentlessly posted links and thoughts about the persecution of Christians and other minority groups in Iraq and other places. That’s hard enough to get attention, but then (for Christians) it’s hard to also pay attention to stories out of the Middle East that don’t have “Christians” in them. … Read more
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It is right, in some limited way from the U.S. government, for help to finally get to the Yazidi people. The terrorist organization ISIS is moving through Syria and Iraq and systematically killing or running off all opposition. The Yazidi are an ancient people group who have been cornered on a mountain and need help.… Read more
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John 5 gives us the story of the lame man healed at the Pool of Bethesda. The real problem the Jewish leadership had was… horrors! … Jesus healed on the SABBATH. They were so concerned about Sabbath breaking they missed the larger point of actually helping someone. Each of us, regardless of our theological leanings, have this… Read more
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Is there any way I could beg 3 minutes of your time to see this video and somehow realize the horror that is going on? Is there any way I could beg 3 minutes of your time to LISTEN… and then perhaps a couple of more minutes to actually pray? We need a broken heart.… Read more
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100 years ago there was an obscure “archduke” assassinated by a small faction of a small ethnic group that just seemed like nothing in the news. It was so out of the way, WHY would it be significant? There were bigger things on the table at the time. People wouldn’t pay attention to some backwater… Read more
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The world is once again blowing up. Russia being Russia. Putin being Putin. It is comical to see news clips from Russian TV about the Malaysian Air disaster. Those who remember the old Soviet Union will chuckle and think, “Pravda” lives! The Middle East is blowing up… again. All the old pre-trib guys are warming… Read more
Apprentice 2 Jesus 