Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
As sort of a follow up to our earlier posting on this subject, we relate the story of a military chaplain who has served with distinction in Afghanistan and Iraq. His wife felt the call to the chaplaincy, so she, with four children, enrolled in seminary and began preparations to be the first husband and …
Continue reading "Women in Ministry: They Have Always Stood for Inspection"
Although it's been proposed before, we still find it hard to believe that a Democrat like Charles Rangel is actually proposing to reinstate the draft. Perhaps however it's a poison pill: Rangel himself stated the following: There's no question in my mind that this president and this administration would never have invaded Iraq, especially on …
In the course of developing materials and articles for this website, one that we added some time ago that has become a favourite of many of you has been our "Women in Ministry" article which we feature on our Island Chronicles page. There are actually two of them there: one more in favour, from the …
We have a friend at church who always goes about wearing a shirt--golf, button-down, you name it--silk-screened with the Ten Commandments on the back. (We really think he needs to embroider his better shirts.) He isn't a marginal type of fellow, really; he is a successful businessman and his family is very prominent and successful …
One of the more interesting outcomes of the 2006 election was the approval in all states but one of amendments defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. It was interesting because it ostensibly bucked the leftward lurch of the rest of the election. (It also didn't do much to prevent that …
Probably the brightest spot for the Republicans of the 2006 election was Bob Corker's victory for Tennessee's Senate race. Being very familiar with this race and knowing many Republican candidates, officeholders and operatives, this is why I think that Bob Corker won this race: Tennessee is a very conservative state. It is ironic that Tennessee, …
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Election 2006 is finally over with. Sort of. There will be extended battles of many kinds; some in the courts of law and some in the courts of public opinion as people spin the results of the election. As we noted in a previous post, our main concern is and always has been the legal …
The release of Eritrean Gospel singer Helen Berhane after two years of imprisonment is a great relief, although being incarcerated in a shipping container--with its extremes of heat and cold--has broken her health. Such a stand puts to shame a lot of what passes for Christianity in the West. It's also a reminder that such …
Continue reading "Persecution is Closer to Home Than One Thinks"
We cannot resist saying something about the problems that Ann Coulter is having in establishing her proper precinct to vote in in Palm Beach. First, I find the whole concept of voting at either St. Edward's Catholic Church or Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church--where I grew up--to be an entirely fascinating concept. Second, I think that the …
Continue reading "Ann Coulter Finds Voting in Palm Beach Tricker Than It Looks"
The situation in Colorado with Ted Haggard is an illustration that homosexuals--well, at least some of them--will stop at nothing to try to sway the public to allow gay marriage, even when others among them know they have blown it on the issue. First, a word about people like Ted Haggard from someone who actually …
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