Can Churches Offer “Sanctuary” to Immigrants? What’s Legal?
“Sanctuary” today Demand to see the warrant. Ask that it is slipped under the door or shown...
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Category: Politics
Many Will Die. This Tax “Reform” is a Vicious Assault Against Us and People We Care About.
We never know for sure what’s happening – what may be going on behind the scenes....
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The Faith is Despised Because of You, Roy Moore (GOP Senate Candidate, AL)
Here are short excerpts from articles from mainstream press sources shaming evangelicals...
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The “Sin Problem” in Gun Violence – Not Working Together to Reduce It!
“It’s not a gun problem; it’s a sin problem.” Certain Christians...
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We Actually Fought A War About This! – ISIS, NAZIS, Rebels, and Traitors …
[This is quoted with permission from a short post by a friend a few weeks ago.] Let’s say we live...
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Why “ALL Lives Matter” is Offensive – a White Mother’s Story
Here’s a true story. I don’t remember where i found it. 🙁 But I know it’s true...
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Hate, Grief, & a New Story. Post-Election HOPE via Empathy.
I. “It may seem that the world is falling apart.” Normal is coming unhinged....
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Freedom to Not Always Fear Our Rulers
One of the great achievements of free society in a stable democracy is that many people, for much...
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A New Era – President Trump. Should We Hope or Mourn?
A new era begins in America. We have reason to mourn, and reason to hope. Let’s do both....
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I’m Relieved Clinton Lost – Still, Trump Is Dangerous
I am no fan of Donald Trump. But I felt a strong sense of relief as more states turned red last...
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Bernie Sanders Responds to the Election – Cooperate and Resist!
Bernie made a very brief, very wise statement about the election of Donald Trump. He has a way...
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I Will Vote for Jill Stein, Green Party – Not R, D, or Libertarian
I changed my registration from Democratic to Green Party this summer, and will vote for Jill Stein...
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I’ll Vote Neither Trump Nor Clinton – Both Are Corrupt Dangerous Bullies
As a Christian, and as an American, I cannot vote for either Trump or Clinton. Her threat is great...
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Have We Been Actually Voting for Contempt and Hate? Are You On One of The Lists?
Sadly, our votes and elections are, whatever our motives, putting lots of people in positions of...
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The Trump Danger to many Christians is Real
Christian friends: If you support Trump, it is a pastoral problem for me. You are...
Read MoreNot a Democrat. Definitely not a Republican.
This site began as a Christian Democrat site, way back in 2003. I have been a registered Democrat for probably 43 years; but about four years ago my affiliation changed to independent (“unaffiliated”). So many...
Read MoreAn Outside Look at American Politics: “Nor Will They Bring People to Christ”
Here’s a very helpful reaction to the article “Why Many Christians Do Not Vote Republican.” Thanks CT for putting things so well. I have added underlines and bolding. This is a great article. Although I am not American, if...
Read MoreAbortion Numbers Trend Downward Under Universal Health Care
We can support policies that actually tend to reduce abortions in the short run. Or we can adopt a political strategy of taking over every branch of government with like-minded politicians so we can (try to) use the long arm of...
Read MoreHealthcare, A Culture That Encourages Abortion, and Pro-Lifers Who Don’t Step Up to the Plate
Here’s my wife Connie’s response to a relative who thinks Obama loves to see babies die, and argues that almost all abortions are done for the convenience of the mother. We could rant about this for a long time, but I think...
Read MoreAbortion and Social Justice – Douglas W Kmiec
Douglas W. Kmiec is a prominent Republican and committed Roman Catholic. He was head of the Office of Legal Counsel for Presidents Reagan and the first Bush. He became notorious for coming out in support of then-Senator...
Read MoreObama at Ebenezer Baptist – Crucial Moral Values for America (as in: Love Your Neighbor)
In January of 2008 Barack Obama gave a powerful speech (sermon) on the meaning of Martin Luther King Jr. for America today. This was at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where King was raised and his father was the pastor....
Read MoreReducing Joy to Self-Indulgence – Using Our Freedom Destructively
In many respects, Americans are freer today than ever before, with more Americans than ever before enjoying unencumbered access to the promise of American life. I’m quoting Andrew J. Bacevich, retired US Army colonel,...
Read MoreObama’s Perspective on Faith in Christ is Biblical
Here’s Obama on the significance of the Gospel: In an interview with Christianity Today magazine, Obama said this about his decision to accept Christ, What was intellectual and what was emotional joined, and the belief in...
Read MoreChristians! Please Let’s Not Parrot Shallow and Insulting Hypocrites.
Did you see the recent comment from “Donna”? It stirred me up! Come on people! Christian integrity and humility should compel you to allow that those who voted for Obama are NOT thereby proven to be ignorant or...
Read MorexDid You Vote?
Some Biblical perspective. First, our hope has to be higher than human society, politics, government, churches, or wars. Psalm 146: 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save. 4 When their spirit departs,...
Read MoreScott Kleeb on Abortion: “The ideal number … is zero.”
The ideal number for me as a Catholic is zero … and there are plenty of people I’d be willing to work with if they want to get down to … that ideal number which is zero. Just below there’s a video clip (2...
Read More“They Said …” – Corrections, in the Service of Truth
[This is lifted verbatim from BiPM’s column this morning. Emphases are mine.] They said his name’s too foreign and exotic. It isn’t. They said he’s too young. He isn’t. They said he’s a scary...
Read More$25 Billion to Save 25,000 Children
It’s extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can’t find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases. –...
Read MoreThe Government is Merely a Servant
Mark Twain supposedly said, Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. He also asked, For in a Republic, who is ‘the country?’ Is it the Government which is for the...
Read MorePre-Marital Counseling – We Could Probably All Use Some. [a book review]
Through LibraryThing.com I now and then get review copies of books newly or nearly published, in exchange for writing a review. This is one of those. It’s not very political, to say the least, but it does have a lot to do...
Read MoreEmail – She Is Eager to Scare Us All!
Scary Email I received an anonymous forwarded email the other day that combined a bit of good spiritual advice with a lot of classic Republico-Christian fear-mongering. Actually, it wasn’t totally anonymous. It was signed...
Read MoreShort Quotes on Economics and Morality
Statements by economists. These are from an email newsletter I get from Information Clearing House Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very foundations of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of a...
Read MoreObama and Abortion
The Matthew 25 Network has a very helpful page for Christians who want to know the truth about Senator Barack Obama as against the flood of lies we have all experienced. As promised, here’s a lengthy excerpt from that...
Read MoreMcCain and Obama at Saddleback – Christian Morality
Obama and McCain each just spent an hour answering questions from Rick Warren, pastor at Saddleback Church in Forest Hills, CA. I have a few apparently biased observations: OBAMA Obama put considerable emphasis on the actual...
Read MoreEconomic Judgment Coming, or Repentance – or Both?
The prior post (“Twillight of the Gods – Greed and Money“) mentioned increasing economic distress throughout our nation. This is for real. I expect it will continue, though the extent to which it spreads and...
Read MoreA Critique from 1964
From another blessing of last week’s used book sale – one published the year after I graduated from high school. Consider it this way: at present, the organization of American society is an interlocking system of...
Read MoreAre They Laughing At Us – for Our Deadly Repetitions of Past Errors?
I wonder … Whether shadows of the dead sit somewhere and look with deep laughter On men who play in terrible earnest the old, known, solemn repetitions of history? Swarming...
Read MoreDeclaration of Independence – Kid’s Version
This is a pretty good “translation” of the Declaration, though she does have a couple of points of her own to emphasize that are not quite there in the original. I do recommend this for any and all who want a...
Read MoreJesus as V.P? Is this funny, sad, wise … ?
Jordan Zakarin wrote a good spoof news article entitled Jesus Demures on Obama VP Talk. Obama is pretty attractive to a lot of Americans as a possible national leader, so… “[Jesus is] concerned with a number of...
Read More“Choose people” says Shane Claiborne. “We are a gentle, angry people … and we are fighting for our lives”
I really enjoyed Shane Claiborne’s Irresistible Revolution: living as an ordinary radical (Zondervan, 2006) – lots of fresh but very substantial perspectives on being Christian in America (and the world) in the early...
Read MoreSen. Mark Christensen – a Christian Outlook
Well, maybe. At least a somewhat religious outlook. These are quotes from our new state Senator (NE LD 44), Mark Christensen, elected from Imperial – from an article in the Lincoln Journal Star. “I’m quite at...
Read MoreFudging About Tax Burdens: Nebraska Gov. Heineman
Ed Howard clears up (slightly) some of the confusion about Nebraska’s tax rates – in his daily newsletter from Nebraska State Paper. The Governor is pushing income tax cuts as a dire necessity to reduce...
Read More“I Voted for Them Because They Value What I Value”
Elisia Harvey, writing at New Nebraska Network, discusses “the elusive NV issues.” “Nebraska Values” issues, that is. Those “elusive” moral standards that you get – apparently –...
Read MoreMoral and Political Education from – Yes – Bill Clinton
Here’s a short video in which former President Clinton brings us some deadly serious insight about the intersections of government and morality, with some hilarious comedy highlights. (9 minute video of a speech at a Jim...
Read MoreThe Strange Morality of Family Values Candidates (R-NE)
US Senator Ben Nelson (Dem, NE) and Legislative candidate Frank Shoemaker (Dem, McCook, NE) were not impressed with the false lines of rhetoric on “pro-life” issues that their opponents put out in McCook the other...
Read MoreYou Can’t Trust the Republicans With Your Money
The only President that’s balanced the budget in the last 40 years is William Jefferson Clinton and he’s a Democrat. You can’t trust the Republicans with your money. -Howard Dean in Connecticut this...
Read MoreWho’s Pro-life?
Sent to me by a friend: “Pro-life” + no helpful legislation = pro-choice So you “vote pro-life” eh? And what good has that done? There are many steps we could take to significantly reduce abortions in...
Read MoreWhy All The Fuss? ‘Cause People Are Getting Really Tired of It.
A lot of us have been surprised that the recent sex scandal in Congress has been getting so much attention. I don’t think it’s the pedophilia and cover-up that’s the really energizing factor. What I keep...
Read MoreWho Is Pro-Life? Not Corrupt Politicians.
Who is Pro-Life? A very religious, very pro-life Republican friend of mine is working for Democratic candidates this year. She told me she is tired of supporting “cookie-cutter conservative Christian candidates” who...
Read More“Top Republicans Always Pick Wrong”
That House leaders … did little about it is terrible. It is also the latest in a long, depressing pattern: When there is a choice between the right thing to do and the easiest route to perpetuation of power, top...
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