Archives for 2014

Can people do good? Can people be good? Those questions keep being asked in certain Evangelical camps, even though Scripture speaks of good acts and “god-fearing” people who are not yet part of the covenant. Why is this so? Well, it is a matter of definitions or–rather–playing with definitions. Let me say a couple of […]

https://solomedicalsupply.com/2024/08/07/me33jgdrr5a My wife and I are at my high school’s 45th class reunion. Yes, it has been 45 years since I graduated from high school in 1969. I am now a nearly bald, fat (oops, weight-challenged), happy grandfather. Back then, I was a confused 17 year old who probably should have waited a year or two […]

July 24, 2014: Meriam Ibrahim disembarks with her children Maya, in her arms, and Martin, accompanied by Italian deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli, after landing at Ciampino’s military airport on the outskirts of Rome. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca) Some good news arrived today on the international front. As many of you are aware, there is […]

https://foster2forever.com/2024/08/40er1lrce.html video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player League City, Texas, recently banned the processing or housing of any refugees within their boundaries. There is a humanitarian crisis going on in our border region. The United Nations has now classified this as a refugee crisis. No country likes having a refugee crisis on their border. The difference is […]

The comic above is trying to establish a moral equivalency between Hamas and Israel on the subject of the current round of bombings. It is a mistaken equivalency. If I were to draw a moral equivalency, I would do it on different reasons. However, discussing anything having to do with Israel and Hamas immediately triggers […]

The cartoon above makes me bite my lips real hard. The cartoonist caught just what some people think about the trend in some churches to turn the worship service into a coffee shop atmosphere with some talking. While the term “seeker sensitive” is not as much of a buzz-word as it used to be, the […]

For those of you who have served in Latin America, the comic above will bring memories, both the main character and the situation. Condorito asks the driver whether the passage costs 500 pesos. The driver answers that it is the capacity of the bus. A “plop” is standard at the end of every Condorito comic. […]

There are many people who are asking why can we not immediately return the children crossing over the border. Even if they are not from Mexico, why can we not simply put them on an airplane and return them to Guatemala or El Salvador or wherever? Well, it is because we are a country of […]

Enjoy the funny video above. It gets across the point about how people of other cultures are often addressed. The phrases used are not purposefully insulting. In fact, the people think that they are being friendly. But, when you hear the phrases in the comedic setting of the video, you will see how they come […]