Archive Tag: politics & america
Garage Sale
Up before the sun, dragging boxes to the driveway. Staking signs in yards at intersections. Folding clothes and stacking them in piles. Lining up the souvenirs of Christmases and birthdays and coupons past: Matchbox cars, stuffed animals, action figures, coasters. “What we doing?” he asks. How do I explain the… Read More
The Daves On God, Poverty & Government
Radio talkshow host and author Dave Ramsey wrote an open letter to the Occupy Movement in which he argued envy is behind the desire to raise taxes and redistribute wealth. The Huffington Post’s David Dunn, PhD responded, making the case that a Christian who does not back tax-payer funded government… Read More
Free Indeed
Jesus had been speaking for a while now. And some of the Jews were convinced he was the Messiah. They believed. Turning his attention to them, he said, “If you do what I’m teaching then you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will… Read More
What Is This Faith?
What is this faith that celebrates a soul damned to hell? View Post
Just War Part 15: Vietnam & Desert Storm
The World Wars veered us away from traditional Just War doctrine by rewriting its jus in bello (how a war is fought justly). Vietnam, on the other hand, stretched its jus ad bellum (just reason to war). Many Americans voiced moral concerns with the war in Vietnam. Henry Kissinger wrote…… Read More