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The March for Women: When Diversity Demands Conformity
I was really impressed by the large turnout of women around the world marching to be heard yesterday. Truly amazing. Yet at the same time I was dismayed at the volume level given to abortion and some of those chosen … Continue reading
Hypocrisy leads to cataracts in the soul
Truth be told Donald Trump is a mentally unstable, morally unprincipled man who can’t be trusted with the highest seat of power. Voting for someone I wouldn’t trust around my own mother seems absurd. The hypocrisy of many in the … Continue reading
I’ve got a bad case of the political “shits”
Hillary makes me nauseous. Trump makes me constipated or worse. Either way our country is going to take a trip to the toilet. Count me out. We are bottom feeding as a country. But our candidates are only a larger … Continue reading
A Dream: A Sniper Rifle vs. Christ’s Binoculars
I just woke up from a powerful dream…in a coffee shop… in Cambodia. The dream was not about being in a coffee shop in Cambodia; I am literally in Cambodia in a coffee shop, having just woken up from a … Continue reading
Vegetarianism and Homosexuality
1 Corinthians 5:1-12 “It is widely reported that there is sexual immorality among you… When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus with my spirit and with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 turn that one over to Satan … Continue reading
Donald Trump: Fascist or Narcissistic Bully?
Let me start with the bad and then the potential good. Do I think Donald Trump is a fascist or a bigoted racist? No. BUT I do believe he is a thinned-skinned, revengeful, narcissistic bully who masks his deep insecurities with … Continue reading
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Dorito Chips and Fetuses
When pro-abortion activists, specifically NARAL, can be offended by a Superbowl commercial over a snack chip that shows an ultrasound of a 9-month old baby and suggest it is part of a pro-life conspiracy to “humanize fetuses” you know you … Continue reading
Looking at Gethsemane Anew: The Fall and Rise of Jesus
Before he rose up from the depths of the grave, Jesus needed to first rise up from the ground upon which he fell. Don’t be put off. The fall and rise of Jesus that I refer to is not a … Continue reading
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Clotting a Wound with Spiritual Platelets
A few weeks ago one of the orphans at the Children’s Home I oversee, named Vantha, came down with a very severe case of dengue fever. His case was so bad that the private clinics did not want to accept … Continue reading
A Theology in Tension 
1 John 5:10-11 The Death Knell of Calvinism
1 John 5:10-11 states: “Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this … Continue reading →