Monthly Archives: September 2010
What is really going on in the world?
This is probably the most well balanced, logical, high level overview of the current state of the world that I have ever seen. I have read books that people worked on for 20-30 years that had more depth but not more … Continue reading
Filed under Global Government, Uncomfortable Questions
Will liberty have a home in America?
Will Liberty Continue To Have A Home In America? Only the most willingly ignorant people (most of whom are educated beyond their intelligence, as my dad used to say) would argue with the fact that the generation who founded this great … Continue reading
Filed under Civic Duty, Uncomfortable Questions
Will the real Church please stand up?
America has gone “from one nation under God to a nation at war with God,” said Rick Scarborough, president of Vision America, at WND’s “Taking America Back Conference.” And who’s to blame?
“As the church goes, so goes the nation; as the pastor goes, so goes the church.” Scarborough said, “What we have in America is a preacher problem.” Continue reading
Filed under Churchianity, Civic Duty, Uncomfortable Questions
A penny by any other name…may be two pennies…
When I was a kid, I enjoyed rummaging around in my grandma’s garage. There were all sorts of treasure from greasy mechanic toolkits to containers of screws and quarters. Quarters? Yes, quarters. I was a kid in the 70′s and … Continue reading
Filed under Self-Reliance
How can we best honor those killed on 9/11?
Proverbs 12:17 A truthful witness gives honest testimony, but a false witness tells lies. Amos 5:10 10 you hate the one who reproves in court and despise him who tells the truth. Last night I had a dream that my daughter was … Continue reading
Filed under Civic Duty, DurableContent, Uncomfortable Questions
What can I really know for sure?
Jesus, during his earthly ministry, lived during a time when evil men were ruling over God’s people. He had knowledge of what was to come and how it would affect him adversely personally.
Matthew 26:
37He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
42 He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”
He knew what awaited him, but because his “tuner” was set to the voice of his Father, he did not use his own logic or reasoning powers to escape suffering and death. He wrestled with his foreknowledge and he prayed to the point of tears of blood. But ultimately he simply chose to solider on towards his future, whether it was one he welcomed (“how I have longed to gather you as a mother hen”) or if it was one he dreaded (“take this cup from me”).
Jesus had learned two important rules that guided his activities and his focus:
Filed under Churchianity, DurableContent, Uncomfortable Questions
