April 2009
5 posts
ffffrrrreeeeddddoooommmm?????
remember the mel gibson moment at the end of braveheart where he yells out freedom???? that’s what i was going for, it is a very powerful scene. the reason is simple, freedom seems to be a hot topic now-a-days. for instance, during the “bush” years there was a steady drumbeat of “we are losing our freedoms”. this charge was usually connected to something like...
this has got to be confusing
hi out there. i’m not sure about you, but i often find myself very perplexed by some of the stuff that’s taking place around us. for instance, today the supreme court is hearing a case involving a 13 year old student who was strip searched in school because another student claimed she had a few advil on her. now that just strikes me as bizarre. aren’t these the same schools...
I WONDER HOW THAT HAPPENED
i was amused last week by all the hoopla surrounding the cover of newsweek magazine (the decline and fall of christian america) coupled with the pronouncement of president obama while in turkey that america does not consider itself a christian nation. i am not gonna go into all that because in my opinion i’m not sure it will do any good. to some, because god is not explicitly mentioned in...
GOOD FRIDAY?????
since it is good friday tomorrow, i have been thinking about what jesus did and what it means to me personally an awful lot lately. but first i have to get past that name…good friday. why do we call it good friday anyway? it doesn’t strike me as good. in fact it strikes me as perhaps the most evil day in all human history. i know the outcome…the redemption that comes out of...
recipe for a happy healthy marriage
the last time i blogged i mentioned god has given a wonderful recipe for happy and healthy marriages. i’m afraid a couple things get in the way. the first is the terminology we encounter in some of our most important texts. for instance in ephesians 5:22-33, paul says wives are to submit to their husbands (we covered this last blog), and husbands are the head of the wife. as i mentioned...