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Anti Obama Propaganda

July 1st, 2008 · No Comments

A friend sent me the above artwork. While I love my friend and not sure why they sent it on, I don’t think it is funny. I don’t care for these four powerful symbols being combined in such a manner.
I don’t like Obama’s policies and think he would be a disaster for this country. His [...]

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Tags: Election '08 · Politics · Religion · art

Media Alert: On “Turn Signal” with Kim Trobee

May 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The interview is about the APA canceling a symposium on Homosexuality and Religion.
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Tags: Activism · Christianity · Culture War · Current Affairs · Ex-Gay · Exodus · Gay · Homosexuality · People · Politics · Religion · Sexuality · Video

Schaeffer’s Manifesto: A Revolution Realized

April 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments

The following was originally published on Boundless last October.  I thought I would add it here as well.
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Schaeffer’s Manifesto: A Revolution Realized
by Randy Thomas
The culture war is coming to an inevitable and dangerous turning point and Francis Schaeffer knew it would. The battle between Christianity and secular humanism - absolute Truth versus personal truth - [...]

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Tags: Abortion · Activism · Book Review · Books · Christianity · Church · Culture War · Current Affairs · Ex-Gay · Exodus · Gay · Homosexuality · Jesus · Life · People · Politics · Public Policy · Religion · Sexuality · Worldview · family · marriage

The Chattering Class

April 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Tonight I caught up on all the political news for the first time in about two weeks: Obama and Clinton are fighting like two cats in a burlap bag.  There are cries of “YOUR and ELITIST!  No…YOU’RE an ELITIST” being thrown around.
… and McCain is still old … and kinda’ funny.
::: sigh :::
Tonight I watched [...]

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Tags: Activism · Asides · Current Affairs · Election '08 · Humor · Politics · Public Policy · War Against Whining · Worldview

American Customized Christianity

March 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Albert Mohler writes …
Researchers are beginning to look at the data and analysis from the massive U.S. Religious Landscape Survey undertaken by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life — and some of the insights are worth noting.
The study revealed big changes in American religious life, with the Protestant majority disappearing, millions of Americans [...]

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Tags: Christianity · Church · Current Affairs · People

Religous Beliefs of College Faculty

February 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The Institute for Jewish and Community Research of San Francisco published a study on the religious beliefs of college faculty. The study was conducted by Gary Tobin, Ph.D and Aryeh Weinberg. It’s major findings are not necessarily surprising. Here they are:

Most faculty believe in God, but atheism is significantly more prevalent [...]

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Tags: Christianity · Culture War · Current Affairs · Politics · Religion · Worldview

Tom Cruise, Scientologist

January 31st, 2008 · 4 Comments

Just one word about the following linked video … wow.
I mean really … wow.
I don’t understand all the acronyms he says but I dare someone to count the number of times he says help. I triple double dog dare you. The video is long but I couldn’t stop watching because it so bizarre. [...]

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Tags: Christianity · Current Affairs · Jesus · Religion · Video

Who Am I Going to Vote for Tomorrow?

January 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I have mentioned that I am going to support Huckabee. Since then I have had serious reservations about his foreign policy knowledge and plan. Basically, because of these concerns, I have shut up about the whole mess.
But … the primary is tomorrow. I am still supporting Huckabee because … who else would [...]

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Tags: Election '08 · Life · Politics · Public Policy · Religion · War On Terror

In Matters of Faith, Say What You Mean

November 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments

My thoughts after the jump …
When religion becomes fair game - Opinion - USATODAY.com
When religion becomes fair game
If candidates can court the faithful, they should be willing to answer questions of faith as well.
By Jonathan Turley
In the race for the White House this year, speeches have turned sharply from the political to the biblical as [...]

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Tags: Bible · Christianity · Church · Culture War · Current Affairs · People · Politics · Public Policy · Religion