This week Emmanuel adds a little "percussion" to their music with Clap Your Hands. Actually, Emmanuel does use some percussion in their music other than that. But the whole business of percussion in Christian music is one that the "Jesus Music Era" had to tackle, both on its "evangelical" (Calvary Chapel, coffeehouses, etc.) side and …
D. James Kennedy Had His Moments, Too
The passing of D. James Kennedy is a loss for Christianity. Kennedy literally revolutionised personal evangelism with his Evangelism Explosion course of study. And he lived his own course, taking the initiative to share the Gospel when the opportunity presented itself. Well, most of the time. I used to be very active in the deep …
From Each According to His Ability. To Each According to His Need. Maybe.
In his Critique of the Gotha Programme, Karl Marx set forth his famous dictum "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need. In the land where everything else is upside down, it should be no surprise that Palm Beachers can obtain free discount prescription card. And from the county no less! …
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The Tricky Part of 9/11 and the Middle East
Today is the sixth anniversary of the 11 September attack, and this time it's on the same day of the week (Tuesday) as the 2001 original. I've spent a lot of time on this site on the subject of the Middle East, from the 2001 piece When the Sheep Have Anthrax onwards. There's one thing …
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The Tyranny of Peer Pressure
George Barna's recent surveys show two things: The future of children is Americans' greatest general concern. The effect of peer pressure is the greatest specific concern surrounding their future. It should be. As readers of this blog are aware, I contend that peer pressure has the rule of law in this society, and this starts …
John Shelby Spong: Calling the Bluff of a White Supremacist
Gary L'Hommedieu's article The 'Honesty' of John Shelby Spong" is an interesting analysis, but there's one point he might want to carry further with a little information. The point is this: According to Bishop Spong, Rowan Williams was "appointed to lead", by which Spong means to manipulate the political process of the Anglican Communion. Such …
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In and Out of the UK
It seems that everyone now is commenting on the high emigration rate of the United Kingdom; the now the Aussies are making this a feature at Winds of change create a very different Britain. It's something that this blog has looked at (here and here.) There's no surprise that wealth is driving it. But, as …
The Old British Car and the Anglican Communion
The whole back and forth about Who can expel The Episcopal Church from the Anglican Communion reminds me of the old British car, i.e., those products of that rickety chandelier called British Leyland (MG, Triumph, Rover, Jaguar, Austin, Morris and Wolseley) in the 1960's and 1970's. When these cars ran, they were the best, but …
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Vatican Representative Tones Down One True Church Statement. But Why?
Vatican Representative Tones Down One True Church Statement. But why should he? This issue is only complicated because we live in a world where statements of any kind which point out our differences are considered "politically incorrect." The Catholic Church's position on this matter is no different now than in 2000 when the current Pontiff, …
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More Strange Things out of South Florida
As I always like to say, South Florida is the place "where the animals are tame and the people run wild," and three news items are reminders of that. An Episcopal priest at St. Gregory's in Boca Raton was caught in a bathroom sex sting with stronger evidence than exists against Larry Craig. He had …
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