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COVID-19

COVID-19 Nature’s Judgement?

Covid is God’s Judgement however there is general judgement and there is specific judgment. The Pope says that Covid is specific judgment not from God but from Nature as quoted by the news as saying the corona-virus pandemic is “certainly nature’s response” […]

COVID-19

Day 14 at Home in a COVID-19 World

We have made it to the end of a second week living mostly at home. Government has asserted authority in this space with Covid running wild. The impact to the economy is starting to set in. My employer sent notification that all […]

COVID-19

Day 7 at Home in a COVID-19 World

My family has spent a week at home to worry about Covid limited to only required trips to the store. Society canceled most activities like children’s activities, sports programs, dining restaurant services, and many church services. I worry the lock down will […]

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Opinion: Presidential Theology

There are more than few people who have announced they want to be the democrat nominee for president in 2020. Some I know their name and many I do not. One of the people that I was not aware of before he […]

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Self-Driving Cars: Programmed to Fail

The next big life changing advancement in modern society must be the self-driving car. When I was growing up I thought cars would fly but that practicality has never materialized. The idea that a car could drive itself is even now at […]

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Aliens Prove We are not Alone

There have been a rash of aliens in the news the last few weeks. Not the terrestrial illegal kind Trump rails against but the little green men from another planet type. The mainstream media is growing a narrative that is breathlessly waiting […]

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9/11 and the Truth of Lawlessness

Today is the anniversary of 9/11 a terrorist attack, an act of war, on a scale unknown to the modern American society. Looking over the history of America it is not difficult to find murderous tragedies and barbarous acts of war on […]

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You are Evil.

Racist alt-right Nazis marched. Media, political partisans, and evangelical churches condemn the evil of the marcher’s ideology. The fuel for the condemnation is the hateful and angry subjects in the photos from the march. The fuel for the condemnation is the outrageous […]

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Authority to Pray for Peace

Robert Jeffress is the pastor of a Southern Baptist Church in Texas. He is also one of the more vocal supporters of the Trump presidency. Jeffress made news by appearing to proclaim God’s favor on the idea that Trump might bomb North Korea. […]

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Cultural Appropriation

The concept of Cultural Appropriation is an idea that is more mainstream and has now reached the latest front in the culture wars. Recently two entrepreneurial women started a food truck that was well received in a community of Portland Oregon. In an interview about their […]