Culture/Politics/History

Every election is declared to be the most important election ever or at least in our lifetime. Of course, they cannot all bear that honor, so was this past election the most important election in our lifetime? It was in this sense. It determined whether Obama-care would be s overturned or fully implemented and incorporated…

Homosexuals are pushing for absolute equality to heterosexual relationships including marriage. Should the government interfere in their “love” relationship? Well, they have and do. Also, if one is going to justify homosexual marriage based upon “they love each other and it is no one else’s business,” then what about polygamy, incest between siblings and parents,…

“Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday [9/13/12] in protest of a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and American warships headed towards Libya after the U.S. ambassador there was killed in related violence this week.” http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/13/us-protests-idUSBRE88C0J320120913 According to an article posted by the Assyrian International News Agency on 9/26/2012, “The…

I believe America should stand with Israel against those who threaten her right to exist, and our position should be unabashed. I believe this because I believe that God’s promise to bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel does have relevance today (Genesis 12:1-3). This does not mean that Israel is…

“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…

As 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…

Pro-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…

The 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,…

We 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…

Eric 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…