A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars by Jonathan Merritt
Let’s start with the unique value of this book, A Faith of Our Own. The big question of this book is how should Christians’ faith influence our political views and how we engage in political discourse? More importantly, how do we as Christianity instigate meaningful change in this world in a way that is in […]
Eye Popping Numbers Regarding Our National Debt
I don’t usually do politics here but this is more fiscal responsibility than it is politics or picking sides. Remember the old debt ceiling debate back in July? One of the solutions was to form a Super committee of people to decide on how to cut 1.2 trillion dollars from our deficit in 10 years. […]
My Political Rant In Light of All The Washing Debt Hoopla
Rant begins… I don’t normally mention politics here on the blog but since this gripe is aimed at both parties and the president I guess I felt I wasn’t really taking sides in writing this as much as pointing out a problem that should have been fixed a long, long time ago. As you well […]
Postmodernism and the Death of Political Parties
I think the two party system will be dead in twenty years and replaced by something that better reflects the worldview of today’s Americans. There are several characteristics of our culture that lead me to that conclusion: Postmoderns aren’t concerned for clear-cut and well defined groups that have to fit a particular mold. They are […]
Check Out Nathan Ketsdever’s Blog
Thanks to Nathan for leaving a comment this morning. I had a look at his blog and was very impressed by all the hard work he has put into it. His blog is called Compassion in Politics. Have a look when you get a chance.
Ben Witherington on Obama’s Nobel Prize Speech
An excellent post by BWIII on Obama’s Nobel Prize Speech. He highlights Obama’s influences, gives the text of the speech and his critique of it. It is very, very well done and insightful (as always). – The War President’s Peace Prize– The Influence of the Niebuhr’s
AFA Boycott Idea
In follow up to the previous post about how I think it is a crummy idea to boycott business just because they won’t use the word, “Christmas” I have a better idea. Why doesn’t the AFA boycott businesses that use the word “Christmas” that don’t uphold Christian values. The idea behind this would be the […]
Am I the Grinch?
I got my annual AFA “Would you boycott non-Christmas stores this holiday season” email today. I took the poll and said, “No” that I would not be willing to boycott stores that don’t use Christmas in their advertising. Turns out there were 22,471 “Yes” votes (98.7%) and 298 “No” votes (1.3%) at the time. Ouch. […]
Jonathan Storment Shares Thoughts on Church Politics
This was certainly an interesting read. Have a look.
Only In America…
can a guy worth an estimated $50,000,000 make a movie slamming capitalism. Not that capitalism is perfect by any stretch of the imagination but surely Michael Moore is smart enough to realize the irony as he laughs all the way to the bank.