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Is This The End of the United States of America?

By ⋅ March 11, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Depending on who you read, this country is in for a bumpy ride.  The problem centers on a debt spiral that is out of control, and only getting worse. The latest reason for this pessimism comes from some recent statistics—35 percent of wages and salaries this year come from social welfare benefits such as Medicare, [...]

Who Were the Founders?

By ⋅ April 13, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

I made a statement in my post about how America has been like Paris Hilton about the beginning of our nation—what the atmosphere was like at the founding and what the people there believed and what they chose to use as a basis for their law and principles. Since this happens frequently, I believe that [...]

Are We Living In The End Times?

By ⋅ April 9, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Image via Wikipedia At the new church I’m visiting we’ve started going through Romans, and when you start Romans you start at Romans 1.  It is preacher’s belief that we are in for a rough ride ahead of us because of the pattern you see in Romans 1 and the state of the current culture [...]

Time for a Reboot

By ⋅ March 11, 2009 ⋅ One comment

It never fails.  You’ve been plugging away, working on your budget, writing that blog post, or just surfing when your operating system claims that it’s installed some new software and you need to reboot your system for it to take effect.  Or an application stops responding, and you find that the best thing that you [...]

A Problem For Parental Rights

By ⋅ March 3, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

Get a good look at the man on the right of former Attorney General Janet Reno.  The man’s name is David W. Ogden, and he’s in line to become second in command at the Justice Department. Why should you be concerned?  Because this man will hold a highly influential position in the Obama Administration, and [...]

Moral Bailout

By ⋅ March 2, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

Image by Getty Images via Daylife The last couple of months brought us lots of change. Some good, some not so good. But the biggest change of the new administration is just now being spent- an unprecedented $787 billion of spending. But let’s backtrack a bit and see what brought us into this current state [...]

Respect a Man I Disagree With?

By ⋅ January 27, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

The setting was the Roman Empire.  From his prison cell, the Apostle Paul was writing letters to churches and individuals instructing them on the faith—teaching doctrine through words that would be read and parsed down through the generations. It was a bad time to be a Christian.  Not in the grand scheme of things, for [...]

President Obama and Good News

By ⋅ January 20, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

In an hour from now, this country will have a new President.  President George W. Bush will no longer be in power, and the decisions that face the nation will no longer be his to make. In some ways, I’m sure that he’s thankful for leaving his post.  I can’t imagine the amount of stress [...]

When is a Baby a Baby?

By ⋅ January 16, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

In New Jersey, it depends on whether it lived outside the womb.  I recent case that is drawing attention once again to this question centers around a small body that was thrown out with the hospital’s trash.

Should Everyone Have a Vote?

By ⋅ January 15, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

Yesterday we considered the Electoral College, but in order to fully appreciate the discussion, I think we need to look into the system that was set up by the Founders.  When we look at this question, however, we have to start with voting, and what we find may be shocking to some of you.

Obama Wins Election

By ⋅ January 14, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Contrary to what you’re lead to believe, the election of a President is not decided on election night by news anchors with big screens contacting election headquarters.  In fact, President-Elect Obama just won the election January 8, 2009.  The vote was 365 to 173 in favor of Pres-Elect Obama over Sen. McCain.

Presidential Qualifications

By ⋅ December 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

If President-Elect Obama does well in office, what does that say about the qualifications to be president?

Where Do You Stand on the Auto Bailout?

By ⋅ December 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

This week, the U.S. Senate stopped the Auto Bailout bill.  This is the bill that President Bush worked with the Democrat leadership in the House and Senate to try to get passed.  This is the yet another time that the Republicans have stood on principle and have gone against their President and/or Presidential Candidate, Sen. [...]

Ready To Be Globally Governed?

By ⋅ December 9, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

One of the characteristics of Tribulation period foretold in the books of Revelation and Daniel is that of a global government.  Most scholars believe that this will center on the European Continent and many thought that the European Union would be the vehicle to accomplish this. However, watching the European Union try to form, and [...]

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