Exilic Randomnity
I am hopeful that today will be regarded as an historic day for the Southern Baptist Convention. I was at the 2010 Annual Meeting when they passed the Great Commission Resurgence. After a lengthy and spirited debate (complete with some obstructionist activities), the majority of 10,000+ Southern Baptist messengers voted to approve the GCR task-force recommendations.
Will this be a new dawn for the SBC? For the sake of untold thousands of unreached people, I certainly pray that it will be.
I am of the strong opinion that a sitting President of the United States of America ought not to bow to foreign emperors. The American citizenry, who generally have a deep appreciation for the hard-won sovereignty of the United States and an understanding of how that sovereignty is communicated through the behavior (even the formalities) of a US President, should take issue with the photo below and this news story.
If the President would like to become of a subject of the Emperor I respectfully suggest that he resign his post and then follow the Japanese immigration protocols.
Well, here’s one reason. A quick read of the citation reveals that this award, in Obama’s case, has nothing to do with a concrete accomplishment. Hmmm, why would that be? Is because the nomination was made in the second week of Obama’s presidency? Yep, that would be why. What a lousy liberal joke the prize has become!
Admittedly, this news story from FOX News is almost too incredible to be true. But it appears to be legitimate. This teacher ought to be fired for wasting taxpayer funds and for brain washing innocent children instead of teaching them the three R’s.
From David Matthews Band to Former President Jimmy Carter, a new political correctness tactic is emerging. Just as Global Warming (a.k.a. climate change caused by human activity) is really just an unscientific plot by communist-sympathizers aimed at making everyone poorer, the charge of racism is now a plot for enacting communist-sympathetic policies that will make everyone poorer.
Sure, racism is present in America and it is an awful moral problem and it is a sin. All of us should be on guard to throw off racism in all of its forms. However, criticizing a president’s policy (or even the man himself) is not automatically racism if the President happens to be black. And by the way, it is racist to accuse Joe Wilson of bigotry when he rudely shouted, “You lie!” simply on the basis of Wilson’s race (a white man from the Carolinas who loses control of his emotions must secretly wear a white hood and carry a torch!). What a joke!
But it is not a funny joke because it makes combating authentic racism much more precarious. It will be more difficult to expose real, hatred-filled racism in our society if politicians use the charge of racism as a device to dismiss their opponents’ viewpoints.
What I find ironic is that I hear far more about President Obama’s race from people who supposedly hate racism than I do from legitimately racist bigots – and I live in the deep south. Obama’s race comes to mind about as often as my own race does – which is to say not very often. But once a day at least I hear about “the African American in the White House” from one of the liberal media outlets or from a liberal lobbyist group. I wish groups like CNN and the ACLU could get past their issues with President Obama’s race and get to the issues.
The fact of the matter is this: I do not like President Obama’s politics on most every issue, but that does not make me a racist. I also do not like the politics of Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Al Gore or Hillary Clinton. Hmm, maybe I have suppressed hatred for white folks?
From America is Too Young to Die, by Leonard Ravenhill.
Max Jukes, an atheist, lived a godless life. He married an ungodly woman, and from this union there were 310 who died as paupers, 150 were criminals, 7 were murderers, 100 were drunkards, and more than half of the women were prostitutes. His 540 descendands cost the State one and a quarter million dollars (before inflation).
Then there is a record of a great man of God, Jonathan Edwards. He lived at the same time as Max Jukes, but he married a godly woman. An investigation was made of the 1,394 known descendants of Jonathan Edwards, of which 13 became college presidents, 65 college professors, 3 US Senators, 30 judges, 100 lawyers, 60 physicians, 75 army and navy officers, 100 preachers and missionaries, 60 authors of prominence, one Vice President of the United States, 80 public officials in other capacities, 295 college graduates, among whom were governors of states and ministers to foreign countries. Jonathan Edwards’ descendants did not cost the state a penny.
This only affects a small number of local readers, but I wanted to make this document available to help property owners here who may be hit with this new tax. Download this document, which a friend of mine put together, and do your part to fight the tax.
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This is an excellent clip, well worth four minutes of your time.
In this article, Joel Hunter explains why he is encouraged with the steps Obama has taken in regards to abortion. This is an unbelievable, and I think irresponsible (not to mention poorly reasoned) position coming from an evangelical pastor. This is beyond disappointing.
HT: Justin Taylor
If you do not have anything meaningful to say in your defense, you can always make fun of your critics. That is one of the very real differences between liberals and conservatives. Sure, conservatives make fun of liberals too. But liberals, at least in my observation, resort to sarcasm more often and much sooner than their more thoughtful counterparts. Just listen to any liberal talk show and keep a tally of substantive points made compared to sarcastic jabs at their opponents – then do the same with a conservative show. Sarcasm can be useful, but more often than not it is a tactic that covers one’s own weak position and makes the other guy appear to be sensless, while attempting to sound cool and above the fray. Two examples this weekend: the White House’s response to Dick Cheney, and this opinion piece by CNN pundit Jack Cafferty.
The change that came about on January 20th was dramatic, to say the least. Morally, it changed from a position that was clearly committed to the sanctity of human life to one that is primarily concerned (in regards to the sanctity of life) with a woman’s right not to be pregnant. Consider the contrasting positions of the former and current presidents in these two statements:
President Bush, January 15th, 2009:
All human life is a gift from our Creator that is sacred, unique, and worthy of protection. On National Sanctity of Human Life Day, our country recognizes that each person, including every person waiting to be born, has a special place and purpose in this world. We also underscore our dedication to heeding this message of conscience by speaking up for the weak and voiceless among us.
President Obama, January 22, 2009:
On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are reminded that this decision not only protects women’s health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters. I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose.
Since the elections in November, I have been curious to hear from many of my Christian friends that publicly support Obama on their blogs (and presumably with their votes). On January 20th, I read several blogs by Christians who rejoiced (some said that they were crying with joy!) at the change sweeping Washington. I wonder, are you still rejoicing?
Piper penned some thoughtful questions about abortion that are direct to a Pro-choice President as a way to “honor the king” (as per 1 Pet 2.17) by asking that he honestly defend his positions. They are these:
- Are you willing to explain why a baby’s right not to be killed is less important than a woman’s right not to be pregnant?
- Or are you willing to explain why most cities have laws forbidding cruelty to animals, but you oppose laws forbidding cruelty to human fetuses? Are they not at least living animals?
- Or are you willing to explain why government is unwilling to take away the so-called right to abortion on demand even though it harms the unborn child; yet government is increasingly willing to take away the right to smoke, precisely because it harms innocent non-smokers, killing 3,000 non-smokers a year from cancer and as many as 40,000 non-smokers a year from other diseases?
- And if you say that everything hangs on whether the fetus is a human child, are you willing to go before national television in the oval office and defend your support for the “Freedom of Choice Act” by holding in your hand a 21 week old fetus and explaining why this little one does not have the fundamental, moral, and constitutional right to life? Are you willing to say to parents in this church who lost a child at that age and held him in their hands, this being in your hands is not and was not a child with any rights of its own under God or under law?
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Officials in President-elect Obama’s administration, speaking on condition of anonymity, have reported that Obama’s first act as President will be to issue an Executive Order banning Global Warming. Obama is reportedly outraged that the outgoing President has not signed legislation outlawing the dangerous climatic changes that have gripped the media and liberal fringe groups (who suffer from having too much time on their hands).
Accordingly, forecasters are predicting that temperatures will dip as low as the 30′s across Florida on Wednesday, and that February will be one of the coldest on record, both in the US and around the globe.
The President-elect has also ordered that the weather be clear and cool in Washington D.C. for the inauguration in honor of former President Lincoln.
The AP had nothing to do with this report.
Verse:
John 3:16; Jn 3:16; John 3
Keyword:
Salvation, Jesus, Gospel
With Operators:
AND, OR, NOT, “ ”
