The unpredictable state of the 2008 election means that every day is a new one, which makes "New Day," the title track to Cookin' Mama's dynamic album, a good anthem for these strange times (although the new day they sing about is vastly different than a political one) and our podcast this week. The whole …
Tell The Story Like It Is…
Hillary Clinton's ignominious defeat in Iowa (and for that matter Mike Huckabee's win) are signs that we still have a competitive political system. Both parties have attempted "coronations" in this, the most open election year since World War II. But neither has worked. Clinton's is especially galling since she, more than any other Democrat candidate, …
The Aggie Definition of Political Correctness
David Virtue's weekly digest contains this gem from College Station: "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a lump of feces by the clean end." --- 2007 winning entry …
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The Healing of Jennifer Wood
After a hiatus of some weeks, the podcast is resumed with the video testimony of Jennifer Wood, healed of Erythropoetic Proto-Porphyria. (If you haven't heard of this, don't feel bad, many of her doctors hadn't either!) Click here to view her moving testimony. Note: in the interest of keeping the download time to a minimum, …
Is Texas Preparing for the Inevitable?
A long time ago, I wrote Archie Lowe: Before the Republic of Texas, about a friend who became involved in the Republic of Texas militia movement. On a recent visit to Texas' Secretary of State site, I noticed two interesting sections. The first was the Texas Border and Mexican Affairs part of the site. Isn't …
Maybe They Should Meet at the Tavern
The news that two court employees of the California Superior Court in San Diego are suing over not being allocated a room for a Bible study is yet another example of how Christians find themselves and their activities singled out for prohibition when the powers that be have the desire and the means (or at …
Yahweh in the Morning: You Will Find Your Life in Mine
This album concludes this week with You Will Find Your Life in Mine. This is an "altar appeal" type of song, and it is one of the best. Emmanuel was capable of being both artistic and conform to the conventions of the genre, and this is in some ways the best example of this. Click …
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Yahweh in the Morning: Only You Are God
Emmanuel proclaims the most important thing in Only You Are God. Click here for more information on Yahweh in the Morning.
Yahweh in the Morning: Clap Your Hands
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 …
Yahweh in the Morning: Jesus You Are the Way
This week we continue Emmanuel's music in podcast with Jesus You Are the Way, which features one of the favourite devices of 1970's Catholic folk groups: the "acoustic guitar blast" as a method of producing volume without bringing in the electric jobs. Click here for more information on Yahweh in the Morning.
Positive Infinity 