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How Do You Like Your Pretzel?
Yesterday’s “The Family Circus” cartoon showed little Dolly holding a pretzel stick and saying to her mother, “Mommy, can you fix my pretzel? I like ‘em loopy, not straight.” How do you like your pretzel? Loopy or straight? It really … Continue reading
Earth Day
Today is Earth Day, and people all over the world are celebrating in one way or another. I am reminded of Tony Campolo’s book, How to Rescue the Earth without Worshiping Nature. Campolo says, “Being concerned about the environment is … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Culture, Current Events
Tagged Earth Day, environment, illustration, re-cycling, Tony Campolo, Worshiping Nature
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Real Faith
Frank Bruni recently wrote in The New York Times: “Faith and government shouldn’t be as cozy as they are in this country. Faith is a serious matter, and an important one, but it’s trivialized when it’s toted too readily and … Continue reading
Only Opinion that Counts
In Men at Work, George Will noted that baseball umpires are professional dispensers of pure justice. As an example, he wrote about a time when umpire Babe Pinelli called Babe Ruth out on strikes. Ruth made an argument that many … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Culture, Leadership, Sports
Tagged Babe Pinelli, Babe Ruth, George Will, God is the judge, God's wisdom, illustration, morality, Proverbs 8:14, public opinion
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The Price of One Man’s Faith
I was just reading from Matthew 14 about how John the Baptist was arrested and later beheaded. He got into this trouble because he spoke out against an illegitimate relationship. Matthew 14:3-4 says, “Now Herod had arrested John and bound … Continue reading
On Second Thought…
Harvard professors have often advised presidents and Congress on crafting laws concerning health care. Now, many of the Harvard faculty are upset that the university has recently made some changes that will require their employees to pay more for their … Continue reading
Still a Foe
They’re still doing it. The mainstream media are showing their liberal bias by referring to us pro-lifers as “foes” of abortion. The terminology is meant to make us look like the bad guys while portraying those who would sanction the … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Culture
Tagged abortion, abortion foes, good vs. evil, Isaiah 5:20, mainstream media, media bias, pro-life, Romans 12:9
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Rights and Wrongs
I just read the following quote from President Obama’s State of the Union address last night: “We still may not agree on a woman’s right to choose, but surely we can agree it’s a good thing that teen pregnancies and … Continue reading
Road Warriors
The New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens prepared to face off in an NFL playoff game last weekend. Something had to give. The Patriots have the best home record in the league over the past 15 years, playoffs included. … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Culture, Sports
Tagged Baltimore Ravens, illustration, New England Patriots, NFL playoffs, Torrey Smith, winning on the road
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Deceitful Hearts
Dartmouth College has a cheating scandal on their hands. 43 students were accused of cheating in a class last semester. 21 others in the class later turned themselves in. The appeal process is underway, but it appears that there may … Continue reading
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