A reality check and a reality check-out.
Engage With Grace
By on November 28, 2008 4 Comments
"The One Slide" - Engage with Grace
A friend once described to me what happened when their dog was hit by a car. She took him to the vet and said, “Do whatever it takes; I don’t want to lose him.” Thousands of dollars later, she regretted it. They’d put the dog through a lot of pain, spent a lot of money that was needed elsewhere, and as she put it, “It’s just a dog. Yes, we love him, but he’s not a person, and he’s going to die, just like all pets do – sooner than we want.” While the equation for people is obviously not so simple, our failure to address the simple, inevitable reality that we WILL die is also painful and expensive. [Read more...]
An Uncommon Word
By on November 28, 2008 2 Comments
A year after “A Common Word” where many Christian leaders essentially renounced their faith by asking Allah for forgiveness and apologized for the fact that Muslims were not permitted to conquer Europe, the dhimmitude continues apace.
Students at Yale Divinity School were instructed to comply with Islamic standards in order to accommodate Muslim guests at a conference ironically titled “Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed: Implications for Christians and Muslims.” The implication for Christians is that we must subordinate our faith and ideals so that we don’t offend Muslims. The implications for Muslims seem to be that they must accept the fealty of Christians. [Read more...]
Well Said.
By on November 27, 2008 Leave a Comment
The name of the holiday is NOT Turkey Day!
(And the holiday we celebrate during the first week of July is “Independence Day” not “Fourth of July.” Every country has a fourth day in July; only the United States celebrates our independence on that day.)
