SEE THE COMMENTS ON THE PREVIOUS POST REGARDING MARTIN LUTHER KING’S QUOTATIONS TO SEE WHY AND WHERE BRANT ASKED ME THESE QUESTIONS:
BRANT ASKED:
“Is your [brand of pacifism] one that holds that our nation, or any nation, should not use force to defend itself, or innocents in other nations?”
MY ANSWER:
I don’t know. Here’s what I think… 
Archive for 2005
BRANT’S QUESTIONS on MY NON-VIOLENCE POSITION
GUIDANCE FOR THE MISGUIDED
”Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”
“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and…
KINGDOM FLASHBACK
This week at IKON (a bible study for post high school young adults meeting at The People’s Church in Franklin, TN, 8ish, Tuesday nights) we’re finishing up a four week look at salvation called REVOLUTION EVOLUTION. We never teach a series like this. Instead, we teach through whole books of the bible, verse by verse,…
BENEDICT BLASTS CONSUMERISM CHRISTMAS
VATICAN CITY (Reuters)—Pope Benedict has warned against rampant materialism which he said was polluting the spirit of Christmas.
“In today’s consumer society, this time of the year unfortunately suffers from a sort of commercial ‘pollution’ that threatens to alter its real spirit,” the Pope told a large crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday to…
SORRY FOR SHLOG SLACKING
A little personal update.
The number of people coming to SHLOG.COM has dramatically dropped off in the last couple weeks due mostly, I’m guessing, to my lack of daily posting. Sorry about that, and thanks to those of you who’ve hung with me and kept on stopping by in hopes of reading something new. I’ll be…
FIGHTING SANTA CLAUS
Saint Nicholas is the common name for Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in 4th century Byzantine Lycia, (modern Turkey), who had a reputation for secret gift-giving. This is as much as is generally known about him in the West. This historical character was the inspiration for a mythical figure known as Nikolaus in Germany…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a communicator who’s known by a lot of titles: Singer/songwriter. Speaker. Blogger. Husband. Daddy. Friend. He feels and thinks deeply and laughs easily. And he’s helping Christians discover what they were saved for, and being a voice for children around the world, desperate to be saved from poverty.
