Someone asked on the radio today, "Where were you on 9/11?" It has become one of those watershed moments that grip a civilization and becomes entrenched in its memory. It’s impossible to have an event like this and not change as a result. However, just because a change occurs in…
OK, I’ve resisted speaking out too much against it to this point, but this is plain stupid. The Telegraph reported on 5 August that “Novartis: ashes of CEO’s mother ‘stolen by animal rights activists’”. Novartis claims that a sports facility fire in May was arson. Fire accelerant was also found…
America has become spoiled. You really have to wonder how long it will be before this whole house of cards called “entitlement” comes crashing down upon us. You remember Genesis? You know, that story about the Garden? Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent. I notice God did not…
The Washington times reported on 14 August that “School prayer charges stir protests”, with the subtitle “Educators face jail in Florida”. This is significant because past clashes of religious people and the state were dealt with via civil suits and not criminal proceedings. "I have been defending religious freedom issues…
Well, “Senator Edward Kennedy dies at age 77” reported Reuters via Yahoo! News this morning. Without a doubt, he was the most influential of the clan after the deaths of John and Robert and up until his own death. He had been suffering from brain cancer, diagnosed just a little…
Today, the AP reported “US man returns after release from Myanmar jail”. However, Aung San Suu Kyi and her 2 aides remain in detention. The military junta in charge of Myanmar has used the incident as an excuse to keep them detained through the next elections. Of course, the debate…
Well, the people over at Acts 17 Apologetics might not have the same idea of evangelism that those in the Church of God groups do, but this entire exchange is still interesting on many levels. If nothing else, it makes one question the result if Sharia law were actually instituted…
The AP reports that “Myanmar sentences Suu Kyi to more house arrest” of 18 months. That effectively means she will be out of sight during elections to be staged by the junta next year. She has been detained for 14 years of the past 2 decades. She was originally sentenced…
It used to be said that some doctors “played God”. It was a pejorative aimed at doctors who took life and death matters into their own hands. The term seems to have fallen out of fashion, but I suppose it isn’t just because of our increasing distance from religion. No,…
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above,…