Traitors for Christ
I suspect it won't be often that I find myself agreeing with militant atheist Richard Dawkins, but after igniting a furor with a comment about Islam, he said something that I think bears repeating: A statement of simple fact is not bigotry. (From "Richard Dawkins Muslim jibe sparks Twitter backlash.") Now, if you always focus…
UPDATE: It was a priest. From Christianity Today’s "Angel priest, Missouri [VIDEO]: Mysterious holy man vanishes after miracble blessing and saving car crash victim": A mysterious "angel priest" appeared at a car crash scene in eastern Missouri on Sunday and prayed at the scene before vanishing without a trace. The Catholic priest does not appear…
I think every Christian, well at least every one who speaks English :-), should see this video. I am usually not impressed when Christian ministries claim they have disproven some secular view (or have proven some supernatural one). They are "preaching to the choir" with me, but that doesn't mean their arguments don't usually have…
I may cringe at some other things he has been quoted as saying, but… Admitting that he's never played a video game before, televangelist Pat Robertson said Friday morning that murdering someone online in a video game is no different than committing the act in real life. (From "Pat Robertson: 'Murdering someone in cyberspace' is…
As I continue reading through the New Testament this year, I recently ran into this: Since much time had passed, and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast was already over, Paul advised them, saying, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo…
Ray Charles Preaching back in Antrim, New Hampshire I was famous for quoting songs in my sermons…and sometimes having them be the actual inspiration for the talk. Or perhaps it might be more accurate to say I was infamous for it 🙂 In either case, don’t worry…I’m not going to start singing up here. I…
I do not know this minister beyond what LIGHTNING ROD NYC PASTOR’S STUNNINGLY CONFRONTATIONAL SERMON ON TRAYVON MARTIN: ‘YOU SEE THE WORLD THROUGH YOUR BLACK EYES’ says (and it isn’t terribly positive), but he had a jarring reaction to the outcome of the Zimmerman trial: [Dr. James David Manning] urged his mostly black congregation to…
If you are a Christian, there is a decent chance you've heard Tertullian1 quoted as saying, "The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church." I could not find that exact quote in my Logos library, but perhaps this is its basis: Nor does your cruelty, however exquisite, avail you; it is rather a…
You know that you have gone too far when the Church of Satan disavows your actions: "Classy: Pro-abortion protesters drown out 'Amazing Grace' with chants of 'Hail Satan'" Resulting in… "Church of Satan distances itself from pro-abortion activists chanting 'Hail Satan!' Turns out Satan is prolife" Reality is, a spirit that would encourage someone to…
One of the web pages I check on pretty much daily is The Corner at National Review Online. A couple weeks back I ran into the article "You're a Good Man, Cardinal Dolan." Michael Potemra's piece starts off with: The highly mediagenic archbishop of New York, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, visited a mosque on Staten Island…
When I was young, my birthday was second only to Christmas in excitement for me. As I've aged, however, they have morphed into more of an annual time for reflection. Sure, I still appreciate the love and attention I receive from friends and family members, the gifts, and the myriad Facebook Happy Birthdays, but as…
Some folks probably look at Christians as a bit nutty because orthodox ones believe that all humans can be traced back to two original parents (Adam and Eve) about 6,000 years ago. Well, maybe we aren’t so crazy after all… “All Europeans are related if you go back just 1,000 years, scientists say” And, not…
One of the (many) shortcomings of Christian religion to atheists is that God remains unmeasurable. Â Here is a being that purportedly has often interfered in the natural realm (including its very creation), yet no scientific instrument, photograph, video, or so on has captured a single one of His miracles (although I'm sure some Christians would…
I remember Charles Krauthammer talking about how tyrants believe in "One man, one vote." "One time." Which, of course, is the time they get voted into office. I think a similar thing happens in Christianity. Someone realizes that denomination(s) have gone outside the Bible for doctrine (or have misinterpreted it)…and (rightly) decides with like-minded people…
I want to add a new part to the adage "We become like the god we worship." We are most likely to emulate our god’s bad attributes.