Weekly roundup

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Don’t miss The Pachyderm’s bit on Driver’s Ed, the Modern Leftist Way. 
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How abortion kills more than just babies – nice analysis by Washed & Forgiven plus some meaty comments as well
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Why pro-life Presidents matter – it isn’t just the Supreme Court justices 
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Does faith require God to be hidden?

See www.str.org
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Motive or accuracy – which counts most?

Some people think that motive (“he really means well”) trumps the need for accuracy, but that is not the Biblical view.
Paul points out that people preaching the Gospel with wrong motives didn’t bother him as long as they got the message right:
Philippians 1:15-18 It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, [...]

Bad ideas in Christianity

The world is getting worse and worse and Jesus is coming back soon, so let’s withdraw now.  Let’s pull all Christian influence from business, politics, education, entertainment, the arts, media, etc.  Then let’s act surprised and wring our hands as society declines.
That is a bit of a caricature but not completely.   Of course we should avoid [...]

Survey says . . .

A new Pew survey had made headlines recently:

A new map of faith in the USA shows a nation constantly shifting amid religious choices, unaware or unconcerned with doctrinal distinctions. Unbelief is on the rise. And immigration is introducing new faces in the pews, new cultural concerns, new forces in the public square.
The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, [...]

There’s something about the Virgin Mary . . .

 . . . that seems to cause people to err in one direction or another.  Catholics pray to her and appear to worship her (at least in some cases), and Protestants sometimes react by minimizing her.
One of the most unusual views held about Mary is her alleged perpetual virginity, based on a work written in [...]

Weekly roundup

Thirty-three things on evolution and intelligent design.   
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Wikipedia can be useful for general information, but if anything is even remotely controversial or if some corporation would benefit by altering it then it tends to be weak.  My wife is a librarian and scoffs at Wikipedia for research.
Michael Scott from The Office said it best:
Wikipedia is the best [...]

No time to read the Bible?

Do you have time to read the Bible?  I used to think I didn’t.  Then I realized I was the guy who had time to read the paper from front to back, The Sporting News, Forbes, etc. in addition to various books. 
And I realized I would look rather foolish if someone said, “You’re a Christian, [...]

Whoa! This was on TV?!

It was surprising but so encouraging to see that the clip below was on the TV show ER a couple years back. 
The chaplain is the classic fake Christian you’d expect to find in most theologically liberal churches today.  I love how the patient doesn’t buy her “just make up a god in your own image” type of platitudes.
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Why blog?

I, Pandora did a post asking why we do (or don’t) blog and it prompted me to finish a draft.
First, the downsides
It takes way too much time and can be a little addictive.  When I came back from a 2+ week mission trip to Kenya last September I was “cured” of the mini-obsession to read and write [...]

Study Bibles

I’ve encouraged a couple commenters to consider study Bibles, so I thought I’d get a little more specific.
My wife’s favorite (and hey, she’s a librarian!) is the Quest Study Bible.  It has lots of the most common questions addressed in the sidebars.  I like it, too.
The Life Application Study Bible is my mainstay.  It has thousands [...]

All Christians should be pro-life

In Pro-abortion macro-evolutionists I wrote about how odd I found it for materialists to be in favor of legalized abortion. 
But what is even weirder to me is how anyone claiming to be Christian could be pro-abortion.  In fact, if it weren’t for pro-choice Christians, abortion would probably still be illegal in the U.S.  They rolled over [...]

Dangerous environmentalism

Welcome to new visitors!  If you can follow some basic rules like avoiding baseless, irrational and repetitive personal attacks you are welcome to look around and comment where you like. 
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 The proper use of DDT could prevent countless deaths.
Nearly every month almost as many people die from malaria as were killed by the tsunami waves [...]

Weekly roundup

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Italian Greyhounds at the Westminster Kennel Club – they never seem to win or even make the finals.  Must be the short hair.  Those shows don’t play to their strengths – chasing squirrels and sitting on your lap while you read.  Several of the entrants looked like ours, though I’ll bet the show dogs were [...]

A Simple Argument Against Abortion

Don’t let the title fool you.  This brief article is beautiful in its thorough yet easily understandable approach.  It includes an outline and text. I highly recommend taking a few minutes to read it and that you bookmark it for future reference.

Ironic pro-abortion quotes

You can’t make this stuff up.  Hat tip to IRD for the first one.
[This ground is] sacred and holy . . . where women’s voices and stories are welcomed, valued and affirmed; sacred ground where women are treated with dignity, supported in their role as moral decision-makers . . . sacred ground where the violent [...]

Political correctness has consequences

The LGBTIQQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, and Questioning)  agenda rolls on. 
And no, I did not make that acronym up.  LGBT has been around for a few years, and I coined the term LGBTX (the “X” being the variable for whatever they might add next).  I predicted it would be polygamy in 2008, but I was wrong.  [...]