Archive for March 2013
Religious Intolerance and Hostility Increasing
The following is a reminder of the ever increasing hostility toward religion in general and Christianity in particular. Two things are driving much of this. First is the secularization of the west. Second is the expansion of Islam. Although strange “bedfellows” who actually seek to ultimately eliminate the other, they both increase persecution of Christians.…
Read MoreTEAR DOWN THAT WALL!
It is important to recognize that the phrase ‘a wall of separation’ does not appear in the Declaration of Independence[1] or the Constitution.[2] As is rather well known, it is a phrase used by Thomas Jefferson in his 1802 missive responding to the Danbury Baptists’ congratulatory letter. The first time Jefferson was quoted in a…
Read MoreThink About IT: Samuel Adams, the Declaration before the Declaration of Independence
Samuel Adams was known by his contemporaries as the father of the Revolution. With reference to inalienable rights and equality for all as opposed to the idea of superior rights for some and the idea that royalty alone was to be privileged with the richest blessings of God, Adams said in a speech on American…
Read MoreThink About IT: Self-love is Atheism and Self-Denial is Christianity
Self-love and denial of God are inseparable companions. The prominence of practical atheism in a Christian’s life is in direct proportion to his love of self. Conversely, self-denial is the hallmark of following Christ. We are to love God with our total being, and from that love relationship comes the true God-honoring ability to love…
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