Category Archives: Contemporary Issues

Shocking

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

More evidence that we are living in an Orwellian society: See what happened when John Stossel tried to open a lemonade stand legally in New York City. I must have missed the news reports announcing that Saruman had taken over … Continue reading →

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The United States of Animal Farm

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

In George Orwell’s book Animal Farm, a tale about an animal communist revolution gone awry (as communist revolutions always do in a fallen world), a pig named Napoleon emerges as the unrivaled leader of the newly liberated farm animals.  Step-by-step, as … Continue reading →

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A Time for Civil Disobedience

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

The Obama administration, as part of its application of Obamacare, is now requiring religious institutions that provide health insurance to their employees to include health insurance coverage for contraceptives, including those that cause abortions (and thus are more properly termed … Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney and Mormon Prophecy

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

Barack Obama is done.  With little chance of any significant economic recovery before next year’s election, with the inability to run against the establishment (now that he is the establishment), and with the considerably depleted enthusiasm of his voting base, … Continue reading →

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Repackaged Liberalism

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

A few weeks ago I made a side comment mentioning that the emerging church is basically a form of repackaged liberalism.  It turns out that I am not alone in that assessment.  Brandon Morgan, a self-confessed emergent sympathizer, recently attended … Continue reading →

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The Local Church and Homosexuality: We Must Do Better

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

I have a bit of a complicated introduction here, so bear with me. Albert Mohler wrote an opinion piece that appeared in the Wall Street Journal about a month ago concerning homosexuality.  In particular, Mohler chides evangelicals for exhibiting “our own … Continue reading →

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There’s Not Much Slippery Slope Left

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

Tony Jones is a name that has long been associated with the emerging church movement (I’m not sure what they call the movement now, or if it even continues to have a name, but it is still around).  This movement … Continue reading →

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If the Rapture Comes Tomorrow, This Will Be My Last Blog Post (Until the Millennium)

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

According to Harold Camping, it is absolutely certain that the rapture will come tomorrow, May 21, 2011.  It will be hard to backpedal from the absolutist claims he has made to this effect come Sunday morning, but I won’t be … Continue reading →

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Killing Our Enemy

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

Osama bin Laden received a bullet in the head from a Navy SEAL, and now he is dead.  What are we to make of this?  Here are my thoughts: First, we must give praise to US intelligence forces and the … Continue reading →

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Creationism vs. Theistic Evolution: What This Debate Is Really About

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

The debate between Young Earth Creationists and Theistic Evolutionists continues with a recent claim by Karl Giberson of Bilogos that those who seek to follow Jesus should believe in evolution because Jesus would have believed in it himself.  I have … Continue reading →

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