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A Christian Fear of Airplanes

I copped out a bit in my last blog about sex and the Fifty Shades thing, because I called for “a frank, celebratory discussion”  — and then proceeded not to have one. Sex is just difficult to talk about, but I’m going to talk about it, because I’m tired of the Godless scum hogging the..

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Galaxy Quest, Without the Depth

Why did I pay good money to watch Birdman? Not sure. It might have been a convergence of social media feed-strength, along with the vague sense that someone — Michael Keaton — had been nominated for something Birdmanish.  I don’t remember Keaton in much of anything lately, and maybe he finally found something he liked…

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We’re Only as Rich as The Village

Don’t worry about that title. I’m a capitalist, down to the bone, blood, and sinew.  During basketball games, as a 6’2″ 9th grader, I sat on the bench reading books about the stock market.  These days, I spend almost all of my spare mental time wondering how I can make my small business grow, since..

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Gay Sharia Law

Christianity is fairly simple:  man is a sinner, and Jesus came to pay the price for those sins: all who truly believe on Him are saved. Unfortunately, under Gay Sharia Law, that may be unapproved expression, subject to fines and jail time.  If you don’t think so, take a look at this story about a..

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The Cloud that Won’t Move

Imagine, as I did the other day, a toddler raised by an ardent, prophecy-hungry, dispensationalist mother. The little boy runs in from the back yard, anxious to discuss some playground injustice. Tommy:  Brendon keeps throwing snails at me!  Mommy:  Did you ask him to stop? Tommy:  I did! Twice! Mommy:  Well, listen, Tommy, we have to remember..

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It Has to Get Worse, Right?

Politichicks ran an article of mine this morning on the subject of having fun.  My super short, mini-micro, two paragraph thesis is that conservatives need to combine celebration, romance, music, good food and fine wine with the task of “taking back America.”  The Bible is a divine record of knowing there is a time for..

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