Taking on the idols
Four years ago, Paul Graham tweeted, “Uber is so obviously a good thing that you can measure how corrupt cities are by how hard they try to suppress it.” If I am to use Graham’s format, I should tweet today, “The victory of AATX at the Republican Convention of Texas is so obviously a good and righteous thing that you […]
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Forget about the Republican establishment; that one has been exposed long time ago, and Donald Trump is only repeating the same things many other people said. It is the evangelical church establishment that is hit much worse by Trump’s ostensibly chaotic babbling. Yeah, he is acting like a 5-year-old on two pounds of sugar, but – and I don’t say […]
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I may not be as old as Pastor Tim Bayly, and therefore I may not be able to claim as much safe space from younger critics as he does in his article, “Abolish slavery, abolish homosexuality, abolish abortion, abolish euthanasia, abolish pride. . . .” But may be I can. Not based on my age, which is only 45. But […]
Read moreTony Miano, a well-known open-air preacher within the “mainstream” circle of today’s open-air, Calvinistic preachers, has recently released a few statements concerning abortion and the abolition of it in an article. The abortion clinic ministry is such a fast growing ministry that it almost becomes a full-time ministry. Although Tony does not only minister outside the abortion clinics, he does […]
Read moreAbortion has never been legalized. No law has been repealed, nor modified to allow abortion. What happened 40 years ago was that a government institution crossed the boundaries of its legitimate authority and ordered – on the sole basis of the 14th Amendment – the states to disregard their state laws concerning the murder of unborn. Many have forgotten that […]
Read moreAn unprecedented financial debt. A callous disregard for the lives of innocents. A judiciary that replaces law with its own will. A theft of parental responsibility in the education of children. Sound like I’m talking about politics in America? No, I’m talking about the Church in America. […]
Read moreThese days I ran across a piece by some evangelical author who advocates that Christians vote for Romney, because under Romney the church would have better opportunities to spread the Gospel. “Romney will provide more peace and freedom for the Church than will Obama,” he said. “And from a Biblical standpoint, that is the ONLY thing I ask.” He is […]
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