Archive for September, 2008
Sep
Obama Ad – Honor
Good answer to the outright lies of McCain’s campaign. To think that Karl Rove even called McCain out on this is crazy.
Sep
The Blue Parakeet
Zondervan just sent me a review copy of The Blue Parakeet by Scot McKnight. I’m looking forward to reading it and will be reviewing it shortly…
Sep
William Cavanaugh on the Church
“…The church must recover its prophetic voice, but it cannot be merely negative. If the church is going to call people away from idolatry and remind them of their primary allegiance to Christ, then it will have to do more than to rail against the illusions of freedom enforced by coercion. The church will have [...]
Sep
Was Jesus Political?
I’m thinking of a doing a series on politics and the Bible because I get asked lots of questions about my political stances. I think it might be helpful to have a resource to point people to when they ask me (particularly the more conservative of my friends that think it crazy that I [...]
Sep
National Braai Day
September 24th is National Braai Day in South Africa! Archbishop Desmond Tutu approves and so do I. Honestly the best pork I’ve ever had was the braai at the Masi Spur.
Sep
Frank Schaeffer on an Increasingly Troublesome Point
In this article, Frank Schaeffer (Francis’ son) dialogues with an incredibly troublesome piece of the current administration ideology (that the republican candidates would carry on). Specifically, this piece of Palin’s acceptance speech:
“Terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America … he’s [Obama] worried that someone won’t read them their rights.”
Fascism in the making, [...]
Sep
Obama & McCain’s Tax Plan: A Handy Chart
Here’s a link to a handy graph depicting the tax cuts of both major campaigns.