Archives for 2012

https://www.emilymunday.co.uk/ueqa0d72m Today is the beginning of the Nativity Fast. Whenever any fasting period begins I get the inevitable question. What are the fasting rules? So, rather than giving you my opinion, let me cut and paste directly from the website of the Antiochian jurisdiction. I trust this will help you during this coming fasting season. The […]

“It’s that the entire moral landscape has changed,” he said. “An increasingly secularized America understands our positions, and has rejected them.” — R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. While it is true that the moral landscape of America is changing and secularizing, I would not say that America has rejected […]

For all the saints, who from their labors rest, who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia, Alleluia! … And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, steals on the ear the distant triumph song, and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia, Alleluia! […]

Today I had another of those VA Medical Centers encounters that warmed the cockles of my heart and left me flabbergasted at the same time. I was walking down the hallway of a Medical Center when I saw a “senior” black veteran with a leather jacket sporting a “Buffalo Soldier” logo, complete with brigade information […]

Recently there have been various Congressmen who have been making some odd statements, including some about God’s intentions. On a previous post I had commented that this is why I am not a Calvinist. But, I thought it good to do a small follow up on the issue of Calvinism. You see, one of the […]

If you watch the video of Phil Snider’s speech in front of the Springfield City Council (below), you will see what I consider to be an excellently crafted speech. It is so excellently crafted because of the twist at the end in which he completely reverses direction. Sadly, the reason it hits like a blow […]

Zolpidem Mail Order Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said Tuesday when a woman is impregnated during a rape, “it’s something God intended.” Mourdock was asked during the final minutes of a debate whether abortion should be allowed in cases of rape or incest. He replied: “I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, […]

https://www.fogliandpartners.com/wg18lfe One of the most persistent narratives being passed around modern Evangelicalism is that one must deny evolution in order to really be a true “Bible-believing” Evangelical. If one does not believe in six-day young earth creationism, then obviously one is inconsistent in interpreting Scripture and does not really believe in the God of the Bible. […]