Monthly Archives: July, 2009
10 Questions for Obamacare
Following my recent posting on questions for the President’s proposed health insurance programs, a good friend, Mr. Stephen Sproull, sent me this link to a great editorial by Dennis Prager: … Continue reading
Cash for Clunkers Junked
The much touted Cash for Clunkers is itself getting ready to get junked. What should we think about proposed massive programs like health care reform if “smaller” (there are still … Continue reading
God Came In The Flesh: More quotes by Will Willimon
In these quotes, Willimon addresses theologizing about God and he attacks abstract theology rather heavily. While I don’t agree with him that the attributes of God are merely abstractions not … Continue reading
In Jesus We Trust: More Quotes by Will Willimon
“You can usually detect the ethical substance of a theology by how much it talks about God and how little it talks about Jesus.’ (quoting John Howard Yoder). We have … Continue reading
Religion of the Hands: Quotes by Will Willimon
I want to post a number of quotes by Will Willimon, the bishop of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church. He is something of a weird duck, … Continue reading
Five Reasons to Not Support Obamacare
Ok. We’ve heard all sorts of stuff about President Barack Obama’s 2000-page health care bills, and a great deal of talk from Obama himself. Well, the more we all hear, … Continue reading
Another Turn of the Spade in Jerusalem
A friend of mine recently stated that very few Christians objectively study the Bible. My response was that few people study the Bible objectively, period. Well the truth is that … Continue reading
Salman Rushdie on Free Speech
This is the truth we need to acknowledge and live by in a free society: An interesting witness to this point is Salman Rushdie, the novelist who was once put … Continue reading
Joker One: A Recommended Read
Donovan Campbell wanted to lead men. However, he didn’t know that until before his senior year at Princeton when he decided to take officer training school to add one more … Continue reading
40 Years After: The Mission to the Moon
The 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon will be one of the few things history remembers about the 20th century should the Lord tarry a thousand years. It is … Continue reading
