Actually, it is more accurate to say that they give up all the protections of freedom too easily. What are the protections of freedom? Things like: Freedom of speech Freedom of assembly Real borders A constitution A real separation of powers A limit on executive power Property rights that mean something And, easiest of all, … More Americans Give Up Freedom So Easily
Tuesday is for Spiritual Challenge I love my country. Flaws and all, I love it. I think, on balance, it has been a force for good in the world, even with all of its missteps and corruptions. But it is dangerous to live here. Dangerous to the soul. Our affluence, our comforts, and the long … More Fighting the Urge to Live for Comfort, Convenience and Security
An excerpt: 2. Their lives would be more disrupted by taking away their cell phone (or ipod, ipad, or computer) than if you took away their Bible. 3. They more likely prayed more often and more fervently for the demise of Obamacare than they prayed for President Obama himself. 4. Like their non-Christian neighbors, they … More Ten Lines of Evidence that Christians Have Pickled Themselves in the American Dream
This is actually an older piece I wrote four days before the World Trade Center murders on 9/11/01. This September marked 13 years [now 20 years] since the iconic buildings of the World Trade Center disappeared by the New York skyline and changed American culture for the foreseeable future. It would be impossible to enumerate … More Strange Food for a Wounded Heart
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