On Saturday, Chuck Colson passed at age 80. It is really fascinating to me how different news groups handled the occasion and reflected upon his life. The main stream media emphasized his few years as an advisor to President Nixon and his role, downfall, and subsequent jail sentence due to his very active part in [...]
(Photo credit: jamesomalley) The reaction to Obama’s contraceptive ‘compromise’ has been quick, decisive, and quite negative among religious leaders. I posted my initial reactions yesterday and if nothing else I am even more critical of the Obama plan today. First of all here’s the US Catholic Bishops’ response to Obama’s new proposal. They are [...]
Mormonism is center stage again with Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman running for President in 2012. I have seen one article after another talking about why evangelicals should not be voting for a Mormon. A poll of evangelical Christians in June showed that at least 34% said that they would not vote for a Mormon [...]
(Billy Graham via Wikipedia) I thought the ‘Birthers’ and ‘Truthers’ were embarrassing but the ‘Dominionist Nutters’ from the left are gaining ground on them. Maybe they all can get together at the next ComiCon and share a booth. After reading a few of the latest ‘Dominionist’ expose’s, I realize that practically every significant Evangelical [...]
(Dr. Albert Mohler via Wikipedia) Here’s the article of the day as far as I am concerned, by R. Albert Mohler, Jr: “My Take: Are evangelicals dangerous?” Dr. Mohler looks at the current election cycle and addresses the decidedly alarmist over-the-top media and secularist treatment and reaction to the evangelicals running for President this [...]
(Image via Wikipedia) While visiting a monastery in Germany, Pope Benedict warned the Lutherans of what he called a ‘new form of Christianity’ that was challenging mainstream Christian churches. While not saying so, it was obvious by his comments that he was referring to Evangelicals and Pentecostals: "Faced with a new form of Christianity, [...]
MEXICO CITY, September 16 (Compass Direct News) – About 70 Protestant Christians lived in the village of San Rafael Tlanalapan, Puebla state, until Monday (Sept. 12), when they faced a frightening ultimatum – leave immediately or be “crucified or lynched.” Traditionalist Catholics in the village of San Rafael Tianalapan threatened to crucify all the Protestants [...]
