Ronnie W. Rogers
1 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, said, “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”[i] [i] back of cover of Bonhoeffer, Pastor,Prophet, Martyr, Spy, by Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer
Read More“Jean-Baptiste Colbert, finance minister to France’s King Louis XIV defined the art of taxation as, ‘so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.’ For this reason, ‘stealth’ taxes are a favorite government ploy. Though they may serve the government’s purposes for a season, they…
Read MoreAs a Christian and an American citizen, we owe God and our fellow-citizens to be faithful to vote. Jesus said, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”(Matthew 22:39) Since we have a representative form of government, one way we show love and mercy to our fellow citizens is by righteous voting; conversely, treating lightly our…
Read MorePro-life voters are often dismissed or caricatured as one issue voters who need to grow up and get over their fixation about refusing to vote for a candidate if he/she is not pro-life and therefore against abortion because there is more at stake than just that one issue. While I agree that there is always…
Read MoreThe following article ((this article appeared in its entirety in Kairos Journal for pastors)) chronicles the tax the wealthy mentality as clearly and succinctly as any article I have seen. At this season of elections, I thought it was worth sharing. The Birth and Rise of the U.S. Income Tax In the summer of 1861,…
Read MoreWe are often reminded how blessed we are to be Americans, and indeed we are. Sadly, we often hear many who are aware of this blessing but opine their disdain of preachers being involved in politics or Christians mixing their faith with politics. Samuel Adams (172-1803), called by his contemporaries “The Father of the American…
Read MoreEric Allan Bell, a former noted liberal, discovers the truth about Islam and is now seeking to warn people about the true danger of Islam. Unfortunately, his former liberal friends and associates will not give him a hearing. After doing his own research, he now says that there is no such a thing as “radical…
Read MoreI believe the most important conviction that a person can have is his belief about God, and second to that is his supposition about man. These two beliefs influence all other ideas and actions. By beliefs about God and man, I do not mean what one claims to believe, but rather what one actually believes…
Read MoreIn the past, Government saw no problem in challenging children to follow God’s design for sexual activities. For example, the government’s pamphlet for children entitled “Birds and Bees”, said, “[U]nless God had given all living things this power to reproduce, plants and animals and men would long ago have disappeared from the earth. That is…
Read MorePresident Obama’s energy philosophy may eventually move us to green energy, but at what cost? His philosophy is to restrict the development of more fossil fuel so that the shorter supply will make the price escalate, which in turn causes people to be more enthusiastic about green energy. Of course, that may very well happen,…
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