Christian Liberty? Hopefully Onesimus countered the last part of my recent post on repackaging the Bible. I had brought up the reasons why I didn't go see a film due to the graphic nature of what was in the film. Here's what Onesimus (here's an explanation of that name, by the way) had to say [...]
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What Would Jesus Tattoo? The Los Angeles Times had an article today about Christians who show their faith by the tattoos they get. Today, Wells carries a business card that announces him as “The Living Sacrifice.” And if sacrifice can be defined as spending more than $20,000 and enduring countless needle stabs to turn 90% [...]
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Tax Deductions for Charitable Giving It has been so long since we've itemized our income tax deductions that I didn't realize that charitable giving was deductable only when you itemize. Apparantely it is and Congress is considering doing something about it.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech The 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech following the civil rights march on Washington D.C. was earlier this week. It shouldn’t be a surprise that much of what Dr. King spoke about had its foundation in the Bible. What was something of a surprise, [...]
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President Bush's Faith Peggy Noonan, former presidential speech writer, interviewed President Bush and his wife for the October 2003 issue of Ladies' Home Journal. The article is excerpted online. Here's part of what President Bush had to say about his own faith. “From my perspective, however, I know that belief in God and prayer, and [...]
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Blogging for God The Dallas Morning News wrote about faith weblogs today. Here's part. Some spiritual people don't blog because it's not part of their vocabulary. Last week, Joan LaBarr, the director of communications for area United Methodists, sent an e-mail to pastors in search of bloggers. “Can't find it in my dictionary. May need [...]
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Never Enough Time Lorraine Murray wrote about time in today's Atlanta Journal Constitution. Specifically, about how little of it there seems to be. Have I said my prayers, attended church, tithed and done my service work? Yes, but I am still so frazzled that God seems far away. The prophet Elijah scurried around looking for [...]
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The Blackout Following a link from Dave Winer, here's what the blackout of the eastern USA a few weeks ago looked like from space. That is one large, dark section of country. Update: Thanks to Jordan for letting me know that the image linked above is a fake. Here's the real image from NOAA along [...]
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Graven Image? From an op-ed piece in the Arizona Daily Star. What is it about “Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image” that the people kneeling before 5,280 pounds of stone known as “Roy's Rock” didn't get? Perhaps those believers who gathered in the Alabama Supreme Court lobby should have opened their eyes [...]
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The Most Offensive Film Ever Made The Great Separation provided a link to an editorial about Mel Gibson's upcoming film, The Passion, about the last hours of Jesus Christ's life. Just to be clear, I will summarize: Detractors, supposedly leaders of Jewish groups, as well as Catholics and Protestants, are concerned that this documentation of the [...]
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