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Hate Crimes Legislation and Preachers

Hate crimes legislation does lead to hate speech legislation. Hate speech laws in the U.S. will, I am convinced inevitably be used against preachers who declare what Scriptures teaches about homosexuality. While Attorney General Holder may not be able to…

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Sanford is no David

With his typically keen insight Al Mohler comments on the Mark Sanford fiasco… When Governor Sanford addressed his cabinet just a few days after his confession, he offered an apology to his colleagues and promised to “carry on” as governor.…

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Jesus Loves the Church

From an article in The Washington Post by Kevin Deyoung and Ted Kluck: Here’s what Bono, Oprah, and the guru speakers on PBS won’t tell you: Jesus believed in organized religion and he founded an institution. Of course, Jesus had…

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Interesting new book on Genesis 1

I’m looking forward to reading “The Lost World of Genesis One.” Publisher’s Info: In this astute mix of cultural critique and biblical studies, John H. Walton presents and defends twenty propositions supporting a literary and theological understanding of Genesis 1…

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Would you like some wine with that cheese?

Some thoughts on one of America’s most common exports – cheesy evangelicalism. I recently attended an English-speaking Evangelical church while on vacation in Mexico (the location is withheld to protect the guilty). It was the only Protestant church that I…

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C.S. Lewis on Tryanny

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity…

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Good Eats!

I found the following website over at Denise Malagari’s blog. I laughed. I cried. Check it out – THIS IS WHY YOU’RE FAT

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Rome and the Second Commandment

Why is it that the Church of Rome has such a flagrant disregard for the Second Commandment? When parishioners of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Shrine in Melrose Park decided to create gold crowns for statues of the…

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Ready for Camp?

Camp goes with summer like peas go with carrots (or something like that). Anyway, Richard Dawkins, the world’s most breathless atheist, has a fresh idea for summer camp. It seems that Dr. Dawkins has decided to join the rest of…