Thursday, August 20, 2009

Ray Comfort answers an often-asked question about God

It would be good to read his answer so you know how to answer this question when it is put to you. (I personally remember Mrs. Junk talking with Mama about this question at Panera Bread!)
“Hi Ray, I have a sincere question: How do you know God is of the Christian variety? Equally devout Muslims disagree. If I'm on the fence, I need a better answer than 'I just KNOW. God has revealed himself to me.'"Good question. The thing that makes Christianity utterly unique is the cross. For it to make sense you have to back up from Jesus to Moses. He was the one who received the Ten Commandments from the hand of God. The Law of Moses was given to reveal God's standard of "righteousness." Now zoom forward about 1500 years to the time of Jesus. He was God in human form who came to earth to "magnify the Law and make it honorable." Keep Reading (outside link)

Environmentalism: The Death of “Science”

Tim Bloedow’s book is about another kind of science—science that has reunited itself to magic. For science to overstep its role as a tool of dominion under God, Rushdoony explained, “is to forsake science for magic. The purposes of modern science are increasingly those of magic, the exercise of total control. The essential goal of modern science is knowledge in order to have prediction, planning and control.”This kind of science is the death of useful science. And nowhere, writes Bloedow, can this be more clearly seen than in modern science’s embrace of environmentalism. Read the article (outside link)

New Nationwide Study Confirms Homeschool Academic Achievement

"In short, the results found in the new study are consistent with 25 years of research, which show that as a group homeschoolers consistently perform above average academically. The Progress Report also shows that, even as the numbers and diversity of homeschoolers have grown tremendously over the past 10 years, homeschoolers have actually increased the already sizeable gap in academic achievement between themselves and their public school counterparts-moving from about 30 percentile points higher in the Rudner study (1998) to 37 percentile points higher in the Progress Report (2009)."

Thursday, August 6, 2009

The Henry Louis Gates Jr./Cambridge police issue

Alan Keyes relates the story of this strange event
and asks “Which 'ism' [is] on display at Harvard arrest?” Racism or Narcissism?

David Limbaugh says this issue is so important because of our President’s response to our countries servant’s, the police.
“We should expect Obama, of all people, given his reputation for coolness and sagacity, to act presidentially, not only in measuring his thoughts before speaking but also in declining to comment on local matters beyond his duties and about which he doesn't have all the facts. But Obama's attitude toward the presidency is not particularly aligned with what our constitutional framers had in mind. He obviously believes it is his prerogative to micromanage any and every aspect of American life, from the catastrophic to the mundane.” Read A teachable moment, indeed

Image of Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Modern-Day Daniel

You must read this article by Chuck Baldwin about a man in Florida named Frank Lay who is being prosecuted for praying! “…[A] federal district judge by the name of Casey Rodgers has instigated criminal charges against a high school principal by the name of Frank Lay and his athletic director, Robert Freeman. Their crime: praying. Their possible sentence: jail. Darius' prosecutors are federal attorneys Randy Hensel and Dixie Morrow. According to court records, Lay is accused of asking Freeman to offer a blessing before a January 28 luncheon at Pace (Florida) High School for people who helped with the school's new fieldhouse. And guess what? The documents in which the judge sought the criminal charges are sealed, meaning they are not open to public view. Why they are sealed, an unusual step, could not immediately be determined. (Source: Pensacola News Journal)” Read the article

Obama’s Health Care Bill in Trouble


Obama once again exposes his anti-American worldview…
“He [Obama] enjoys saying – incorrectly – Americans pay $6,000 more per year on health care than people of other advanced nations for no better care. The statement is abominably false. Just as Obama is manipulating the cost and benefit numbers to enlist popular and Blue Dog support for his socialized medicine conspiracy, he distorts statistics to make the specious claim that our health care system isn't far superior to all others.” Obama’s healthcare bill is stalled because of so-called Blue Dog conservative Democrats who believe the bill won’t pay for itself. As long as they are convinced of this the bill can’t go anywhere. Obama is sly and has plenty of tricks under his belt. Read David Limbaugh’s article