Sin is Sin Marc Hansen, an op-ed writer for the Des Moines Register, asked a very good question today about Fred Phelps, pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Pastor Phelps is planning to come to Des Moines this weekend to protest the graduation ceremony of Lincoln High School. He's protesting because Julius [...]
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Morning Grin From Quotes of the Day Dante Gabriel Rossetti. “The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.” Heh!
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blogs4God My latest post at blogs4God is online now.
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Is Islam an “Evil Faith”? An article in the New York Times talks about many comments made recently about Islam being an “evil faith”. At the grass roots of evangelical Christianity, many are now absorbing the antipathy for Islam that emerged last year with the incendiary comments of ministers. The sharp language, from religious leaders [...]
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All Gone, Bye-Bye Mark Morris is hanging up his keyboard for a spell and won't be blogging any longer. He was linked on the left.
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Memorial Day One year ago, I wrote this about Memorial Day. Much of what I wrote is still pertinent, though I've heard nothing of people remembering those who lost their lives in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Pennsylvania as part of Memorial Day. Joshua Clayborn wrote about Memorial Day, [...]
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Why Note That They Are Homeschoolers? Joshua Clayborn asked this question recently in response to an article about a homeschool student winning a geography bee: Why must the accomplishments of home-schooled students always be billed as such? I mean, every time a public-school educated kid does something the headlines don't say “public-schooled student wins bee.” [...]
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Hanging in There for the Long Haul I had originally written this for blogs4God, but wanted to post it here as well. Today is graduation day for many of the high school seniors in our church. Our youth pastor preached today on eternity – specifically on hanging in there for the long haul. He compared [...]
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Christian Compass Interesting thoughts from a homeschool parent about a lesson she taught on the Bible being our compass. Jesus the Messiah, The Son of God and the only Savior who can cleanse us of our sins and lead us to heaven, said in the book of Mathew (8:12), “I am the light of the [...]
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How Do You Measure This? Got this from Quotes of the Day the other day. Unknown. “An effective way to deal with predators is to taste terrible.” I like it! I'm not sure it's useful, but I like it! <g>
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