Culture/Politics/History

Homosexuality, Marriage, and the Government’s Role

By Ronnie W. Rogers / December 3, 2012 / Comments Off on Homosexuality, Marriage, and the Government’s Role

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,…

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Think About IT: A DIFFERENCE in Islam and Christianity

By Ronnie W. Rogers / November 26, 2012 / Comments Off on Think About IT: A DIFFERENCE in Islam and Christianity

“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…

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Think About IT: Israel A Worthy Ally

By Ronnie W. Rogers / November 19, 2012 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Israel A Worthy Ally

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…

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Think About IT: The Art of Taxation through Subtleties!

By Ronnie W. Rogers / November 1, 2012 / Comments Off on Think About IT: The Art of Taxation through Subtleties!

“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…

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Think About IT: Voting without Voting?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 23, 2012 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Voting without Voting?

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…

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Get Over Being a One-Issue Voter: REALLY?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 23, 2012 /

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…

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Think About IT: The Birth and Nurture of Federal Income Tax—Make the Wealthy Pay Mentality

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 17, 2012 / Comments Off on Think About IT: The Birth and Nurture of Federal Income Tax—Make the Wealthy Pay Mentality

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,…

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Think About IT: Political Protestantism and the American Revolution

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 10, 2012 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Political Protestantism and the American Revolution

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…

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Think About IT: Liberal Documentarian Changes His Mind on Islam!

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 3, 2012 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Liberal Documentarian Changes His Mind on Islam!

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…

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Think About IT: Sex Education of Yesterday

By Ronnie W. Rogers / September 18, 2012 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Sex Education of Yesterday

In 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…

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