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Idolatry in Modern America-and no, I’m not talking about loving cars and computers more than God (though that is certainly a prevalent form). Here’s the sort of thing you might find in those backward, unsophisticated, uneducated, and ancient cultures of bygone days - or perhaps in oriental cultures that have not progressed past their [...]

I really have found it intriguing to see just how many people have been enthralled with the potentional Barak Obama presidency.  I still stand amazed at the stadium crowd that heard him deliver his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination.  I have found little different about what he says from the normal party line.  Though [...]

I caught a bit of Barak Obama’s coronation speech the other night.  Just a few comments:
1) Obama is one of the better political speakers we’ve seen in a while. I include Bill Clinton in this statement. When Clinton speaks (I’ve thought this from day one), I say over and over to myself, [...]

…and you probably are too.  At least that’s what the latest stats are for Americans.  While I’m not as fat as I once was (that should be a blog post in itself), I still have a bunch of flab.  However, I don’t think that more government funding is going to change me or you - [...]

Dr. Mohler gives his reflections (and notes those of others) of the recent Saddleback Civil Forum.

Backtrack to Saddleback — Secularists Not Pleased

Consider this iPhone app-can you see a person’s heart through the apps on their iPhone?

$999 “I Am Rich” Video Walkthrough | The iPhone Blog

Some may see this as the Anglican church in trouble.  Could it be the Anglican church in reform?

Quarter of world’s Anglicans boycott conference - Yahoo! News

Eric Redmond posts an excellent article describing why some African Americans will vote for someone with whom they may have fundamental spiritual and philosophical differences.

How Can Any Christian African American Vote for Obama? Throwing the Race Card on an All Black Table « A Man from Issachar

For all my fellow Facebook connoisseurs and avid participants - a song for your weekend!

more about “Facebook Song“, posted with vodpod

HT: Pastor Steve Weaver

I checked the new Google Map - so far, no closings of Hemet-San Jacinto Starbuks, whew!

Mashups: Track Rumored Starbucks Closings

See for yourself an Anglican parishioner call Gene Robinson, an American openly gay bishop, to repent and return to the authority of Scriptures.

BBC NEWS | UK | Protest disrupts bishop’s sermon

How much time do you spend on the tube or the LCD?  Most Americans are watching more TV than ever.

Nielsen: TV viewing up overall, but not last week - Yahoo! News

Recently I finished reading Joseph P. Ellis’ Founding Brothers. It is an excellent look into some of the most fundamental relationships and issues that shaped our country in its formative years. Here are a few excerpts I found interesting from the book:
What in retrospect has the look of a foreordained unfolding of God’s [...]

Don’t bother wasting time discussing the gospel - that’s the sense you get when reading the quotes from the more liberally aligned Obama supporters who express their regret that more weighty issues were not dealt with during a recent meeting with the presumptive Democratic nominee for President.  It seems however, that Obama took the time [...]

Tony Blair did it after he left office (perhaps to due to his wife’s Catholicism).  Will President Bush convert to Catholicism?  This article seems to think so.

George W Bush meets Pope amid claims he might convert to Catholicism - Telegraph

Here’s a reminder of what the privileges we have in our country have cost us in terms of lost American lives in battle:
4,079 Americans have died since the 2003 Iraq War began.

58,169 Americans were killed in the Vietnam conflict.

33,741 Americans died in the Korean conflict.

405,400 Americans were killed in World War II.

115,000 Americans died in [...]

Thabiti Anyabwile points us to a recent article detailing Hillary Clinton’s desperate attempts to win the Democratic nomination for President, and doing it by playing the race card. How she is still in the race after these comments is mind boggling.

Pure Church: The Clintons Are Bad for Race Relations

This article does little to tempt me to be more hip.

The Hipper-Than-Thou Pastor - TIME

Excellent interview with Thabiti Anyabwile in light of the recent flap over Barak Obama and his pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

Black Power from the Pulpit | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

The question is:  Do you know anyone who does not own and use a cell-phone?

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