Pastor's Blog

There once was a man who had been strictly warned of the dangers of falling into the ditch on the right hand side of the road. So fearful was he of doing this that as he walked he kept as far away as possible from it; but he ended up falling into the ditch on the left. The moral of this little parable is that often when we seek to avoid one error, we end up falling into another, opposite one. Christians tend to be well aware of the dangers of sexual sin, and so we take measures to guard ourselves against it...as we should. In doing so, however, we are sometimes tempted to think that it is sex itself which is sinful. We forget that God created us male and female and that he intends husbands and wives to enjoy one another sexually . My sermon this week will be an overview of “The Song of Solomon,” which is a celebration of marriage and the delights of the marriage bed. It seems that the church for much of its history has been embarrassed by the sensual nature of the book and has sought ...

It's really too bad George Washington's farewell address--delivered as his second term as president was winding down--isn't more widely known, and its admonitions more widely heeded by today's politicians. One of Washington's chief concerns was foreign influence in American affairs. Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican Government. I wonder what he would say of the millions of dollars Barak Obama has illegally received from overseas.

Okay, it's official. I'm giving up golf .

Here's a good explanation of Obama's tax plan .

Thomas Jefferson nailed it. "I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." This is no argument against banks per se , of course, but only an argument against the banking practices that modern banks are built upon...thanks to the Fed.

Mix two Gary's discussing the economic crisis and here's what you get. Enlightening.

The New York Times is no friend of conservative causes, but way back in 1999 it published an article that warned of the risky lending practices urged upon Fannie Mae by Clinton Administration.

Hurry, more gasoline, we've gotta put the fire out! It was the expansion of credit and the devaluation of the dollar that got us here, and the government just gave us more of the same .

Here's a copy and paste job from Doug Wilson's blog offering us a good bit of wisdom on Halloween. As another Halloween approaches, and as many of us are working on building alternatives, I wanted to take the opportunity to offer a few thoughts and pastoral suggestions. Here is the background. First, November 1 is All Saints Day. The All Saints festival was first established during the times of persecution in the early church when the number of martyrs accumulated to the point where it was no longer possible to commemorate them all. In the time of John Chrysostom, all the martyrs were remembered on the first Sunday after Pentecost. In 608 A.D., the Pantheon, a former pagan temple to all the gods, was dedicated in Rome as a Christian church. The date of that dedication (May 13) became the day of "all saints." The day was moved to November 1 in 741 A.D. with the dedication of the Chapel of All Saints. Second, in the British Isles, the day was known as All Hallows Day....

Ten minutes of Ron Paul on Fox Business News . Well worth the time to watch. It's an interview before the House vote on Monday, but he explains why any government bailout--the House proposal or the one passed last night by the Senate or any other one in the future--is like pouring gasoline on the fire. Fortunately our Senators, Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts both voted against the bailout plan last night. Unfortunately, there was a huge majority that voted in favor of it (74-25). Let's hope the House rejects this plan like it rejected the earlier one Monday.