August 2009 Newsletter

August 2009

One Nation Under God

There seems to be much doom and gloom among the faithful--and with good reason it would appear. Atheists are climbing the bestseller lists attacking God. A major news magazine recently put on its cover, “The Decline and Fall of Christian America.” Even the president of the United States acknowledged that America is “not a Christian nation.” Speaking of the president, some analysts point out that he is the most pro-abortion president in our nation's history and did we mention that he's tripled, no quadrupled, America's debt--all the while steamrolling us deeper into socialism, and we know how Godless that is. Read More

Parenting Tips

In Deuteronomy it says I am to have God's precepts on my heart, and “teach them diligently to your sons and talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.”

Think of it as the daily process of insuring that the fabric of our children's lives is made strong for a lifetime by weaving in Kevlar threads of biblical truth. Here's an example from my own family. Read more by clicking here

It's Good To Know

A Christian perspective on current issues.

I once read that 48% of people who claim to go to church only attend once a month. It would appear that the days of perfect attendance pins are long gone and maybe they should be. I recall a conversation I had with an old farmer who boasted to me that he once attended Sunday School every Sunday for ten years and had the pin to prove it. But he also said that he hadn't been to church in about twenty years since then. Read More

Cultural IQ:
  Increasing our
  Awareness of
  Issues in our
  Culture

Hollywood's Retro Morality?

Is Hollywood helping to promote traditional values? There are signs…

Finger Pointing

Do the problems we are facing today go beyond this administration or even the previous one? Did it start when we took prayer out of school? Maybe the “fundamental” cause of our current troubles, and hence solution, goes back farther.

Asking the Right Questions

You're in conversation with someone who is “scientific” and considers your use of words like “sin” and “God” to be personal preferences, but not offering any credible solutions. How can you get someone like this to consider your opinions and viewpoints? By questioning the assumptions instead of attacking the conclusions.

A Sin Primer

Is part of the problem today tied to the notion that we can be “good enough.” What if we reduced our sin output by 5% over the past year? Is that possible? How do we think about sin in our lives? Does our sin monitor need recalibrating?

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