praying for an atheist

There seems to be a debate among some as to whether to pray for Christopher Hitchens, an avowed atheist, who has cancer, has written against Christianity, yet is politically conservative. There are some who say no, we should not. That appears to be a minority view. Jesus made it clear that we should pray for our neighbors which would include even our enemies. What is interesting about this is that his brother has returned to the church of England and has written a defense of Christianity.

I would like you to consider praying for Mr. Hitchens that he will recover, and that his heart and mind would be opened to the good news of Jesus Christ.

reading laws

Have you wondered why our law makers have problems reading laws they supposedly wrote? Or laws others have written? Yet they can "tell" us what is in them. And people wonder why we are so cynical.

question

Something to think about:

If the Palestinians laid down their weapons, what would happen?


If the Israelis laid down their weapons, what would happen?

of birthdays and holidays

Today, April 1st, is my wife's birthday. She is happy, sort of - having a difficulty growing older. It is also a holiday, something she isn't happy about. It is National Atheists Day. Well, maybe it isn't a holiday. So what to do about it?

Moody Publishers are having a pray for an atheist idea. And why not! We are to love our neighbors and love our enemies. Not that all atheists are enemies. Maybe you know someone who doesn't believe in God, or is an agnostic. Pray for them. Makes Biblical sense to me.

A great article

Dennis Prager has written an article that should be required reading for everyone. "On Jews and Christians who embrace the left" can be found at his site as well as Jewish World Review, and Town Hall.com It was published on 3/30/2010.

human rights commissions

Why do cities and states have human rights commissions? I think I'm missing something. Could it be the politically correct, multicultural ideas so dominant in liberal circles? Davenport, Iowa has one. It decided that Good Friday should be changed to Spring Holiday so as NOT to offend non-Christians. Wow! Certainly cannot have that. But the citizens of Davenport have risen up, those heathens. They have emailed, called, and protested the change. The city counsel has rejected the Commission's suggestion because it wasn't done through the proper channels. What's the matter with those politicians in Davenport? They should have just accepted the multicultural suggestion.

I have a suggestion. Let's get right of both the Commission and the politicians who suggested such.

As Fred Thompson says, Why do they call it common sense when it is so uncommon.

quote without comment

From Dan Smith on Berean Spirit,

Now, let me get this straight...We're trying to pass a health care plan: written by a committee whose chairman saays he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress tht hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it, to be signed by a president who also hasn't read it (and who smokes), with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, with all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and the whole thing to be financed by a country that's broke.

What could possibly go wrong????

socialists

It seems that if one calls a liberal a socialist, they get really upset. Dennis Prager has a good artilce and included in it is that calling someone a socialist is just defining who they are and that they should accept, not as a dishonor but for what it really is. He also states that the bigger the goverment, the smaller the citizen. Now that is something to think about, especially in light of Europe. He identifies the democrats with the socialists parties of Western Europe, which is where they are taking us (USA).

be careful what you wish for

The health care bill passed Congress. Yippee. Now we will have government people telling us what doctors to see, when to see them, what can and cannot be done. Glenn Beck stirred up things about the social gospel when he told people that that was a code word for socialism and communism. Most Christian responses were fairly balanced noting that God is indeed concerned with justice.

But, one has to wonder about some. Listening to Dennis Prager (and well worth listening to - visit his Prager University site for 5 minute video lessons), he states that the leftist Jew is more concerned for leftism than for Jewish ideas and that the leftist Roman Catholic is more concerned for leftist ideas than for Catholic social teachings on abortion. Back during the Great Depression, churches often provided help. Then came the social ideas of FDR followed by LBJ followed by Obama, and we have more and more government control over "social" issues - most of which lean left.

Be careful what you wish for because the same happened in socialist and communist countries. Stalin started state churches and closed those that did not support the party line. Hitler compromised with the Lutheran church and attempted to destroy the Confessing church that opposed him. China has the official church and persecutes all others. Here in our nation, churches that support Biblical values are often ridiculed. The Mormons were blamed for the support of the marriage amendment in California because the gay agenda opposed it. If one supports big government, socialist agenda, then you will be praised by the elite of the country in the media, government and university. All others are stereotyped as out of date, hateful and angry. Of course, if you notice, those who are often hateful, out of date, and angry are the ones making the accusations. In D.C., the government has stated that adoption agencies must allow homosexuals to adopt and if they don't, they will not be allowed to provide adoption for anyone, thereby eliminating the Catholic organization.

The government sees itself in control, as god, and anyone who opposes them as enemies. Jesus is Lord, not anyone or thing in D.C., or anywhere else for that matter. By the way, it is those mean conservative Bible believing Christians who were already in Haiti that helped with the survivors of the earthquake, and in Indonesia, and New Orleans. When the government failed, who went anyway? And it is American military power that often goes to the rescue with aircraft carriers that have hospitals and helicopters for rescue, and medical personnel who can give aid. Have you notice that most of these people are conservatives and many Christians?

Do we really want to be like Europe where government controls far too many aspects of life? The bigger the government the smaller the person (Prager). Be careful what you wish for.

blizzards and cold waves

In December, according to the media, we were going to have a blizzard. Well I survived the blizzard of 09 (want to get a t-shirt that says that). The snow fell, the winds blew, but we survived here in Houston, TX.

Now we are in a cold wave. Tempts are in the 20s and wind chill in single digits. Some people really do need to understand the concept of wind chill - walking around in short sleeves and shorts is not good. We were told that we would have sleet and bridges would freeze. The city was mobilized and began dealing with the possibility. While the sleet didn't materialize (and I'm glad because people do not realize that one must drive slower in such weather), it has been cold. As a Yankee, I'm enjoying it, and I dress for it as well.

All this must be caused by global warming. Oh, that's right...climate change. Ah, climate changes! The weather people have a difficult enough time getting tomorrow right, what makes some of these alarmist think they will get it right in one hundred years? Take God out of the picture and all they can do is announced doom and gloom.

Weather changes...get use to it.