On the internet you’re always just a few clicks away from learning about any subject that that interests you. But the aspect of the web that never ceases to amaze me is that you can also stumble on items that lead you to become interested in topics—or combinations of topics—you . . . . Continue Reading »
It is time once again for me to make my annual comments about Martin Luther King day. Sadly, every year when I do this I get the same sort of responses, no matter how hard I try to be clear on why this day is so important to so many of our African-American brothers and sisters, and, why it is so . . . . Continue Reading »
Without a doubt a large number of white bloggers, both amateur and professional, can be found today, clicking away a post on how we ought to improve our attitudes toward our brothers and sisters of different a darker skin tone. I would challenge these authors to take it one step further: . . . . Continue Reading »
Petros, Peter, which means “rock” made a rock-solid confession, when asked by Christ whom men say that he is, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God!” This is divine revelation, not given to us by flesh and blood, but by God the Holy Spirit. And our Lord said to . . . . Continue Reading »
Omigosh! The panic about the supposed melting of the Himalayan glaciers that the “peer reviewed” scientists at the IOCC—all bow—claimed was imminent by 2035, not only isn’t, but was based on almost nothing at all. From the story:A WARNING that climate change . . . . Continue Reading »
Some of the things Robertson said:NEW YORK (CBS) Pat Robertson, the American Christian televangelist and host of “The 700 Club,” said that Haitians need to have a “great turning to god” while he was reporting on the devastating 7.0 earthquake that shook the island nation . . . . Continue Reading »
Now that we’ve learned what is really important here (pizza and football), let’s get down to something much more serious. But let’s be perfectly fair. These things require serious consideration. After all, we cannot afford to teach our children and peers anything . . . . Continue Reading »
Because these sorts of stories are not given the attention they deserve in the mainstream western media, those of us in what might be called the informal media have a special responsibility to alert our own readers to them: Muslims Slaughter Christians in Egypt. Fortunately, Egyptian authorities are . . . . Continue Reading »
Now that we have had a post on the improvement in Dominos’ pizza, I thought I might spice things up a bit here as well. A tad provocative, to be sure, sure to cause some angst in both Roman Catholics and Reformed/Protestant Evangelicals all around, but nonetheless interesting to . . . . Continue Reading »
The Constitution of 1789 and republican values.Ronald Reagan and tax cuts.Orthodoxy and icons.Some things go together naturally and pizza and NFL play-off football are two naturals. Over the course of my life no pizza was more guaranteed to disappoint than Domino’s. It was as fake as Ben . . . . Continue Reading »
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