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So, Bernard Madoff pled guilty and will go to jail. Not only do we taxpayers have to pay for his crime, but now we have to pay for his food and rent for the rest of his life. But that’s not the real problem. The problem is that Madoff is a scapegoat who is...
As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.” He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous...
I have been reading President Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope. It’s actually well-written, except for one section–the Faith section. Take this paragraph from page 218: This brings us to a different point–the manner in which religious views should inform public debate and guide elected officials. Surely secularists are wrong when they ask believers...
Like it or not, Obama won. And as he said, his win is not the end of the struggle, but the beginning. Like it or not, he created one of the most powerful political organizations in history. He is now moving forward by engaging his machine to continue the work. He says that he...
Watching the inauguration, I couldn’t help but notice that Christian symbolism was everywhere. Given the attempt over the past four decades or so to cleanse the public square of everything remotely Christian–Christmas trees, creches, Bibles, posters, etc., it was quite refreshing to hear so many prayers and so many people mentioning God. A lot...
Something is very wrong, and the “authorities” are unlikely to fix it. Ostensibly, it is a financial crisis, and the financial world is surely a wreck. But the question we haven’t dealt with yet pertains to the kind of crisis we are in. If it is a financial crisis, then a financial fix will...
The Christmas story is ancient, well known and hardly known at the same time. Here, it is not so much that familiarity breeds contempt as it is that familiarity makes us blind. The more we are used to seeing something, the less we really see it. Familiarity reveals our own expectations more than anything...
“As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia. And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do! And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to...
The pundits are searching feverishly for the causes and cures of the current market meltdown. At this writing (Oct 13, 2008) the most likely culprits have been identified as the housing bubble (inflated housing prices), loose lending practices (inflated credit ratings) and complex packaging of investment vehicles (inflated creativity and marketing). These are certainly...
This is a YouTube video about Radical Islam’s war against the West. It’s disturbing enough on its own. But I’m also disturbed by the solutions the video offers. Watch all of it, then come back here and let me know what you think of it. Obsession, The Movie
Ad fontes—to the source! “Holy Cow, Batman! What about the credit crisis?” “Well, Robin, it’s not really about money.” “Not about money?! Then what is the problem?” “Some say it is a credit crisis. Some say its a lack of market confidence, that people need to trust the market. But I say, ad fontes.”...
The personal discipline of maturity requires conscious and intentional engagement of the grace of God, wrestling with angels—like Jacob wrestled with the angel of the Lord at Peniel (Genesis 32:30). Jacob wrestled with God, and the angel could not prevail against Jacob. This story provides a biblical model of faithfulness in this regard. We...
Contrary to our usual thinking, God does not treat everyone the same, just as the law does not treat everyone the same. The law treats law breakers differently than it treats law abiders. Law breakers are punished, law abiders are not. And the difference is a function of justice. Justice requires different treatment for...
The Associated Press has released news that “A group of ministers filed a complaint Monday with the Internal Revenue Service to stop a conservative organization from encouraging pastors to endorse or oppose political candidates…” (Ohio ministers challenge political pulpit plan, 9/9/2008). Apparently the American Defense Fund is encouraging pastors to violate the 501(c)(3) rule...
If you haven’t read Clear As Mud, please read it first. Since the DNC (Denver 2008) has just ended let me speak to its origin. Two nights ago the keynote speaker, Mike Warner, mentioned that Thomas Jefferson was the founder of the Democratic Party. He is correct. Thomas Jefferson is the Democratic Party’s self-acknowledged...
A logical consequence of Deism is that God did not manifest Himself in the Person of Jesus Christ.
God gives us impossible conundrums in order to show us our own folly, weakness and inability. Once we understand that we can’t understand everything about God, we can then surrender the effort to try to understand, an effort that leads us deeper into self and pride. We are so committed to ourselves that we...
I am arguing that the correct understanding of the miracle of tongues, broadly speaking, is the transmission of the gospel into one’s native language. That transmission can come in a variety of ways, through both extraordinary (Acts 2) and ordinary means (1 Cor 14, in the sense of translating the gospel into other languages)....
About the book, Generous Orthodoxy, by Brian McLaren. Tim Challies’ review of this book in December, 2004, is worth reading. According to the site www.generousorthodoxy.net, this is another instance of what is known as “Progressive Christianity,” formerly known as Liberalism. “www.generousorthodoxy.net represents the perspectives of those who are variously called progressive evangelicals, postconservative evangelicals,...
What makes a person Christian? It sounds like a simple question, but it has been complicated by sin and history. Jesus’ first sermon set the standard — “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17). Clearly, Christians are repentant people. But is that it? Is repentance enough? Yes, and no. It...
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up.” — 2 Peter 3:10 I have been chewing on...
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