World Series
October 26, 2004
To date, this World Series ain’t a-goin’ so well for my beloved Cardinals, but if they end up losing, at least it’ll be to the Red Sox, instead of the HATED Yankees. Has anyone else noticed–and wonder about–why the Red Sox’ batting helmets are all grimy?
An article EVERY American should read…and take to heart
October 24, 2004
We hear the mantra every election time suggesting that “everyone should vote”. This article illustrates beautifully the fact that THAT IS A BOLD-FACED FARCE. The most patriotic thing that many, many Americans could do is to NOT vote–at least, not in their present state.
In John Kerry’s corner…
October 23, 2004
John Kerry gets a ringing endorsement from a wonderful organization. Follow the link…
Bush? Maybe… Kerry? Are you KIDDING ME?
October 21, 2004
OK, you know what? I can very much understand how some people say that they aren’t going to vote for President Bush. That’s not all that hard to get; I have my issues with him as well. I’m not totally sure, never have been, that the war in Iraq is totally justified–although I also believe that it’s going a lot better than the media wants us to believe. I’ve got other issues with him as well, and I can thus understand how, for some people, Bush isn’t the choice. Fine.
But the question I have to ask is, “what is there about John Kerry that would appeal to a person to vote for him?” I mean, other than the fact that he isn’t George W. Bush, what would make any person honestly get excited about this individual and believe him to be worthy of a vote for president? I just don’t get it; the man just seems to exude mediocrity. He isn’t the most liberal Senator (though he was rated thus in 2003); National Journal, the outfit that reached that conclusion, only rates him the 11th most-liberal Senator of those currently serving when taking his whole record into account. Gee, that’s great comfort, ain’t it? He’s not as bad as Teddy K or Barbara Boxer–what a wonderful commendation. Of course, he is more liberal than both Hillary and the detestable Chuckie Schumer, as well as Chris Dodd and some other lefties.
The most important function of government is to protect our citizens, and he claims that he’ll do it better than GWB. What gives us confidence that he’s telling the truth, when he doesn’t attend the Intelligence Committee meetings, of which he’s a member?
Kerry’s Attendance at Intelligence Committee Meetings
Is there any way, any way, we can honestly be excited about electing a president who is considered a war hero by the Viet Cong?
Picture of Kerry in Ho Chi Minh City War Heroes Museum
Can you tell a lot about a person by how much he gives away? I think so, and while Kerry’s record has gotten better in recent years, what does his record of the early 90′s say about how much the man cares for others? I gave more last year alone than Kerry did over five years–and needless to say, I don’t make quite his salary…
John Kerry’s Charitable Giving
And what has the man done during his twenty years in the Senate? Does he have the kind of record of sponsoring important legislation that would give us confidence? Check for yourself:
John Kerry’s “Distinguished” 20-Year Senate Career
Bottom line? I just don’t get it. If you don’t like Bush, vote for someone else, but for goodness’ sake, why in the world would that someone be John Kerry?
Oh, so sweet…
October 21, 2004
How can you help but LOVE the fact that the Boston Red Sox came from 3-0 down to win the ALCS–over the New York Yankees, the epitome of all that is wrong with baseball. Now, if my Cardinals can get past those stinking Astros tonite…
Food for thought…
October 19, 2004
Without comment, the words of Michael Horton, from The Church in Emerging Culture, page 109:
Postmodernism–or whatever one wishes to designate our brief moment in history–is the culture in which Sesame Street is considered educational; sexy is the term of approbation for everything from jeans to doctoral theses; watching sitcoms together at dinner is called family time; abortion is considered choice; films sell products; and a barrage of images and sound bites selected for their entertainment and commercial value is called news. This general trend in culture translates into hipper-than-thou clubs passing for youth ministry, informal chats passing for sermons, and brazen marketing passing for evangelism, where busyness equals holiness, and expository preaching is considered too intellectual. This trend can account in part for homes in which disciplined habits both of domestic culture and instruction in Christian faith and practice give way to niche marketing and churches becoming theaters of the absurd.
Politics in the Pulpit?
October 14, 2004
Maggie Gallagher, in her article seen below, says, “…according to the FreePreach.org Web site set up by the Becket Fund, a national Christian ministry recently formally requested an IRS ruling on the question: Is it legal for a minister to pray for the re-election of President George Bush and/or the defeat of John Kerry during a church service?
Come again? How can the government rightfully regulate prayer?”
Perhaps a good question…but a better question, it would seem to me, is to ask, “what under the sun would motivate any preacher, from the right wing or the left, to use the pulpit–where the Word of God should be reverently preached to all, politics aside–in order to advocate or to pray for the election of any particular political candidate?
Answer: Only a preacher who has forgotten his purpose in being there in the first place.
Advocate voting? Absolutely. Speak to issues of the time, from a Christian perspective? It’s a dereliction of duty not to. But to advocate voting for a particular candidate, or to pray for the election of that candidate, from “behind the sacred desk” is to step well outside of our calling. Good reading on the subject is Ed Dobson and Cal Thomas’s
- Blinded By Might: Why the Religious Right Can’t Save America
James Dobson and Jerry Falwell hated it, but they are wrong. Electing GWB will not save this nation, nor will electing the liberal dude from Massachusetts, for heaven’s sake. Let’s stay on message: Christ, and Him crucified!
This phrase comes from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which most members of the Peoples Temple cult, blindly following their leader Jim Jones, committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid.
Osborne: A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God
Schlossberg: Idols For Destruction
