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Manute Bol the radical Christian
I was shocked to hear of the death of former NBA center, Manute Bol. Bol, who at 7′ 7″ towered over all but the tallest of NBA big men, died at the age of 47, the result of a disease contracted in his home country of Sudan. Recently, Jon Shields of the Wall Street... »
Introducing Pampered Bed and Bath, from Sonya Duren
I don’t know of a more industrious woman than Sonya Duren, my wife. She is as much like the woman described in the biblical book of Proverbs (chapter 31) as anyone I have ever known or read about. She’s a fantastic mother having homeschooled two children from kindergarten through high school and has about... »
Ninth Georgia District Special Election is Tuesday
Tuesday marks the day of the Special Election in Georgia’s 9th congressional district to fill the unexpired term of former representative, Nathan Deal, who resigned to run for governor. The term, which will be less than a year in length, figures to give a head start to the winner for the general election in... »
British Christians losing both freedom of speech and religion
Within the past five days, the laws of England have proven to be no friend to Christians in the island empire. On May 2, 2010, The Telegraph reported that a street preacher, 42-year old Dale McAlpine, was arrested and charged for saying homosexuality is a sin. Says the report: Mr McAlpine was handing out... »
Republicans and Democrats: Not enough difference
For as long as any current voter has been alive, United States politics has been dominated by a two-party system, Democrat and Republican. Very occasionally this cycle is broken by someone like Joe Lieberman the former Democrat re-elected as an Independent. At the state level there is precious little more variety, with the odd... »
GOOOH Georgia 9th District meeting announced
Thursday evening, April 22, 2010, the 9th Georgia congressional district meeting of GOOOH (Get Out Of Our House) will be held at the Spout Springs branch of the Hall County Library. GOOOH is a citizens organization looking for ways to replace the current congress leaders who know how to lead and make decisions as... »
The end is near? President Obama extends gay rights to hospital visitation
From The Washington Post: President Obama mandated Thursday that nearly all hospitals extend visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians and respect patients’ choices about who may make critical health-care decisions for them, perhaps the most significant step so far in his efforts to expand the rights of gay Americans. From... »
Poet Chris Tse, author of ‘I’m Sorry I’m a Christian,’ interviewed at patheos.com
Last week’s posting of Chris Tse’s poem, “I’m Sorry I’m a Christian,” resulted in a lively debate both here and elsewhere. “Chris Tse” was highly searched topic and this site is still getting traffic from those seeking out Chris’ poem. Timothy Dalrymple at patheos.com was able to conduct an interview with Chris recently about... »
New study in ‘Pediatrics’: Breastfeeding would save over 900 babies annually
CNN is reporting that breastfeeding literally saves lives; 911 children a year to be exact. If most new moms would breastfeed their babies for the first six months of life, it would save nearly 1,000 lives and billions of dollars each year, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. The... »
Sitting U. S. Representative fears Guam may ‘capsize’
If you have not seen this, you really need to take two minutes of your life and listen closely. On March 25, 2010, Representative Hank Johnson, a sitting United States congressman from Georgia’s 4th district, states in a committee hearing that Guam might “tip over and, uh, capsize” if 8,000 United States Marines and... »