Have you seen the video of Donald Trump that racked up millions of views and depicts him as the vessel of God sent to save the nation? It begins with a Paul Harvey sound-alike bellowing out: "On June 14, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said: 'I need a caretaker.' So God …
Turf Wars: How They Start and Why They Never End (A Metaphor)
“The road of ‘God is on our side, and he shall surely smite our enemies’ is a wide road. A lot of parades have gone down that road. It doesn’t take much courage to travel that road; just fall in step and follow the crowd.” Brian Zahnd --------------------------------- On a typical midwestern high school campus, …
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Should Christians Pledge Allegiance to the Flag?
I’ve been corresponding with a good friend on the topic of whether or not a Christian would be in the right to oppose pledging allegiance to the American flag. We have a mutual friend who has expressed his opposition to the pledge, and the friend with whom I’m corresponding disagrees with such a stand. Here …
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Judging Donald Trump
(A mere 5 to 6-minute read) Allow me to clarify my regular criticism of Donald Trump and those who can’t get enough of him since he announced his run for president in 2015. It occurred to me that those who think my consistent critique of his moral degeneracy and emotional incompetency makes me guilty of …
Dis-illusioned
I’ve been disillusioned about a bunch of things (and people) over the years. That is, I had an illusion, in some cases even a delusion about something or someone that eventually proved to be illusory, fake, a sham. Spam as meat comes to mind. Professional wrestling also. Products that claim to rid me of baggy …
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