With all the news in the world today… disaster in Japan, protests in several Middle Eastern countries, Saudi troops suppressing protests in Bahrain, Afghan riots, the whole Libya fiasco, budget battles here in the US…. it’s getting increasingly harder to keep up with everything. One that seemingly is under the radar is the situation in [...]
Politics
Close to a year ago, as I was considering going to seminary, I attended a prospective student night at Fuller Seminary – Southwest. While listening to one of the Fuller staff talking about the mission of Fuller and what the underlying ideal was behind their educational philosophy he said one thing that has stuck [...]
I truly believe that there is no bigger idiot on the planet sometimes than the fundamentalist. Whether they be fundamentalist Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh….whatever the ideology…. they rank high on the idiot list. Enter Terry Jones, “Pastor”, and I use that term very loosely, of the Dove World Outreach Center in Florida. You might remember [...]
Last weekend, Mike Huckabee made an appearance at the “Rediscover God In America” conference in Iowa. This is an event that promotes the idea that America is a “Christian Nation” founded on Biblical principles. Also at this conference was “scholar”, and I use that term loosely, David Barton. David Barton is a leading voice in [...]
Let me be clear. I am not a fan of US military intervention in Libya. I am also not a fan of standing by and doing nothing while people are slaughtered in the streets. Hence, I am still heavily conflicted over these events and feel as lost as Moses was in the desert. I am [...]
