This looks credible and relevant. Stanley Kurtz offers an extensive look at Senator's Obama's background in this regard. … [Read more...] about Barack Obama a Member of Far-Left “New Party”
R.C. Sproul – The Prince’s Poison Cup
Tonight I had the chance to read a pre-release copy of The Prince's Poison Cup (now available directly from Ligonier Ministries). In this wonderfully illustrated fifty-eight page children's book, a grandfather tells his granddaughter a story that mirrors man's fall in the Garden of Eden and Christ's redeeming work at Calvary. The context for the story is the illness of a man's granddaughter. She has to drink medicine to get well. The girl naturally asks why the medicine tastes so bad. And that results in her grandfather recounting the story of the prince and the poison cup. The prince … [Read more...] about R.C. Sproul – The Prince’s Poison Cup
America To Pursue a European-Style Economy?
Daniel Henninger makes the case. Excerpt: The goal of Sen. Obama and the modern, "progressive" Democratic Party is to move the U.S. in the direction of Western Europe, the so-called German model and its "social market economy." Under this notion, business is highly regulated, as it would be in the next Congress under Democratic House committee chairmen Markey, Frank and Waxman. Business is allowed to create "wealth" so long as its utility is not primarily to create new jobs or economic growth but to support a deep welfare system. The political planets are aligned to make this achievable. In … [Read more...] about America To Pursue a European-Style Economy?
Implications of Obama’s Tax The “Rich” Strategy
Thomas Sowell is a brilliant, articulate thinker who can also write powerfully for those of us who are not economically sophisticated. This article is fantastically clear and straightforward. Excerpts: “The power to tax is the power to destroy.” It is not the money that is taxed away that is destroyed. What is destroyed is the wealth that does not get produced in the first place, because high taxes make its production not worthwhile.And: Economists have trouble determining how many people are affected by a tax increase because those affected extend far beyond those who write the checks … [Read more...] about Implications of Obama’s Tax The “Rich” Strategy
The Prodigal God and Bi-Directional Self-Righteousness
Tullian Tchividjian, discussing Tim Keller's recent book The Prodigal God, offers some helpful thoughts on how self-righteousness can be manifest by both the legalist and the licentious. An excerpt: Now, it’s very interesting that in the Bible it’s always the immoral person that gets the Gospel before the moral person. It’s the prostitute who understands grace; it’s the Pharisee who doesn’t. It’s the unrighteous younger brother who gets it before the self-righteous older brother. Tim’s book points this out well. There is, however, another (perhaps more subtle) side to self-righteousness that … [Read more...] about The Prodigal God and Bi-Directional Self-Righteousness
R.C. Sproul – Principles of Voting
Dr. R.C. Sproul gave an excellent message on principles of voting. In fact, I heard it a couple weeks ago and it has been stuck in my head ever since. The Ligonier team has made the audio and text of the message freely available. Check them out before you vote. This message will also air nationwide next Monday on their Renewing Your Mind broadcast. Find your local station here. … [Read more...] about R.C. Sproul – Principles of Voting