How do you know if you have a commitment?

If you are married, you have a commitment.  (Not engaged-to-be-engaged, not engaged, but married).
If you are not married, you don’t have a commitment.
If you don’t have a commitment, don’t have sex or even foreplay (because its purpose is to lead to sex).  

The angry Psalms

Some Psalmists invoked or called down evil or curses.  A classic example is the end of Psalm 137:
V. 8-9: O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us— he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
These imprecatory Psalms, as they are [...]

How radical is the “radical” right?

Those who hyperventilate about the “radical right” (or “extremists,” “fundie nutjobs,” “wacky fundies,” or other eloquent terms of endearment) are either disingenuous or really bad at math, because the majority of Americans share our views on the most controversial topics.  Consider this by Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason:
A poll of readers of the L.A. Times [...]

Weekly roundup

Parachuting past disability – 89-year-old amputee Fred Winter made his first jump.  I used to attend the same church as Fred.  I last saw him when he was 83 and working out at the YMCA.  He is a truly engaging and inspiring person.
“I didn’t do this for the thrill of it,” he added. “I did it [...]

Choice

A classic pro-choice sound bite is that it is paternalistic to assume that women are incapable of making their own choices, so abortions should be legal.
That message fails like the rest of pro-choice logic because it assumes what it should be proving: That abortion doesn’t kill another human being.
Should a woman have the “choice” to kill [...]

Blessed are the meek

The comedian Dennis Miller had a great piece on Matthew 5:5 (Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth).  He said something like: 
Who cares if the meek inherit the earth?  We’ll just take it right back from them.  What are they going to do about it?  They’re a bunch of meeks!
Of course, the [...]

Mid-weekly roundup

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Pastor approves cursing your enemies – What an embarrassment.  I wonder if this guy just took a major turn or if he slowly drifted into such doctrinal error?  Ick.
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I suppose it is a shade better than book burning, but I was surprised at how proudly and openly these Darwinists admitted to hiding Intelligent Design books in bookstores.   Seems rather [...]

Born that way?

The “gays were born that way” saying has taken on a life of its own and has a significant impact on public policy.  Is it true?  If it is true, does it matter?  Some thoughts . . .
1. I’m highly skeptical of “proof” that it is genetic (either a “gay gene” or genetic predispositions), as these [...]

Grading the teachers

Full disclosure, if it matters: My wife taught 4th grade for five years and is just starting her job as a librarian.  She may or may not agree with all of this.
Theobromophile had a good post on teachers that got me thinking about how we evaluate and compensate them.  This is not about whether they [...]

How to Stay Christian in College

I’m recycling this June 2006 post because I like to remind people of this book each year.  Here is one of my favorite quotes by the author, J. Budziszewski:
Though it always comes as a surprise to intellectuals, there are some forms of stupidity that you must be highly intelligent and educated to commit.  God keeps them [...]

Weekly roundup

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Who needs Underdog?
 
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Ethanol is the ultimate government solution: Special interests get billions of your tax dollars to produce an inefficient fuel, increase grocery prices and harm the environment.  Brilliant.
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Farm subsidies – wasteful or practical?  I say wasteful and counterproductive.  I know we have a couple readers who own farms.  Looking forward to your insights!
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The myth that abortion lowers crime rates [...]

“There is no truth, except for these five things . . .”

The title is how I  characterize the approach of moral relativists (those who claim there is no truth) and/or Christians who claim there are many paths to God besides Jesus.  These folks probably make terrific neighbors and such but I must admit that I get frustrated talking with them. 
Here’s a sample of their writing from [...]

Snakes trump heights!

From an episode of Monk, the obsessive-compulsive detective:

[A snake is loose in the house Monk and Captain Stottlemeyer are investigating, so Monk is standing on the kitchen table]
Capt. Stottlemeyer: I thought you were afraid of heights.
Adrian Monk: Snakes trump heights! It goes germs, needles, milk, death, snakes, mushrooms, heights, crowds, elevators.
“Snakes trump heights” is now a catch [...]

Peace

There are three main kinds of peace in the Bible:
1. Peace with others – the absence of conflict.  This is what people typically refer to when they think of peace or world peace (or, as the bumper sticker says, whirled peas). 
James 3:17-18 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, [...]

The Virgin Birth – it still matters

John MacArthur had a recent sermon which helped remind me why the virgin birth matters. 
First, I’m not sure why theological liberals are so adamant about opposing the virgin birth.  After all, when you consider the complexity of the universe and the fact that God originally created humans out of nothing, then what would be so complicated [...]

Weekly roundup

Courtesy of the Neocon Command Center, here’s all you need to know about universal health care:

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There are some good, short videos on Lee Strobel’s site.  He wrote The Case for Christ and The Case for Faith, among others.  I just checked out one by Greg Koukl in the Apologetics section which was very well done.
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One family’s [...]