From Oliver North’s blog:
Washington, D.C. — It’s the “the holiday season” — the politically correct euphemism for this time of year when we’re supposed to demonstrate the “spirit of the season” by going shopping. We do this so that we can help retailers hit their year-end sales targets. Shopping, we are told, stimulates the economy [...]
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This excerpt is from R.C. Sproul’s blog. It is an excellent and well thought analysis of some issues surrounding the celebration of Christmas.
Every generation has its abundance of Scrooges. The church is full of them. We hear endless complaints of commercialism. We are constantly told to put Christ back into Christmas. We hear that the [...]
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Cal Thomas writes about optimism in spite of the economic news surrounding us…
Where is that optimism today in the midst of the sharp economic downturn? One doesn’t hear much of it from politicians and especially not from the media, which trades exclusively in gloom and doom. President Bush has said he believes things will get [...]
Do you have one? You know, the ribbon shaped magnets that you are supposed to put on your car, van, SUV, tank. I don’t have one (I hope that doesn’t make me unpatriotic or any less supportive of our fine folks serving in uniforms). I guess I would rather support our troops with prayers, letters, [...]
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You know how hard it is to scrimp and deny yourself in order to make it and achieve. Whether it is in athletics, education, or your career, you seek to keep yourself under the bar of moderation so that you might one day revel in accomplishment. Such discipline is the stuff that fuels dreams.
But what [...]
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While scouring the Desiring God blog this weekend, I found the following post written by Jon Bloom:
You see, real freedom is not the liberty to do what we want, or even the absence of distress. Real freedom is the deep-seated confidence that God really will provide everything we need. The person who believes this is [...]
Like all of my neighbors, I awoke to a blanket of snow covering the ground this morning. For this time of the year, not much surprise when I look back over the years that I have lived in Minnesota. Each late fall and winter brings the prospect of snow and all the beauty and hazard [...]
My son, Ben, attends a university in central Florida. This is his freshman year and he is doing very well. Of course we miss him a great deal, but as his father, I am especially proud of his independence and ability to “make it on his own.” He is coming home for Thanksgiving soon; the [...]
World Magazine online has a post of an article written by Cal Thomas that offers a thought regarding Christians and politics in light of the recent elections:
A different path
OPINION: After 30 years of trying to transform culture through politics, conservative evangelicals would be wise to try a different, God-glorifying direction | Cal Thomas
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I found this video post this morning via the desiringgod.org blog…
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