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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

MERE CHURCHIANITY by MICHAEL SPENCER

Not long ago, we lost a major Christian voice that many people had never heard of. Michael Spencer, THE INTERNET MONK died of cancer (I believe - you can check the site) far too soon.

I read his blog irregularly, and was blessed every single time. He was quirky, principled, sometimes angry, and always fully committed to Jesus Christ as Lord of his life…..a good man.

His book, titled as above, is going to be published in June, but you can DOWNLOAD A SNEAK PEEK HERE. I highly recommend that you do this, although along with being blessed by Michael Spencer’s writing, you are going to feel a lingering sadness that such a voice is no longer with us.

Of course, if you like what you read and are blessed, you can always GO TO THE ARCHIVES at The Internet Monk and have a look around. I suspect that you may get hooked….. The tragedy is that you will no longer have the pleasure of interacting with Michael, a unique voice who is, and will continue to be, sorely missed.

But…....we *will* meet again.

Posted by Earl on 05/18 at 09:14 PM
Miscellany • Religion • REVIEWS • Book •

Thursday, March 26, 2009

EVERY ONE OF US HAS PROBLEMS…..

If you are feeling immersed in, or overwhelmed by, yours, today….please watch this video:
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. If Nick’s testimony doesn’t bring tears to your eyes, I’m not sure what to say…....

Posted by Earl on 03/26 at 12:06 PM
Miscellany • COURAGE AWARDS • Religion •

Saturday, February 14, 2009

MUZZAMMIL HASSAN STARTED A NEW YORK TV STATION TO COUNTER ANTI-MUSLIM STEREOTYPES…..

In this photograph,
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That’s Muzzamil on the right…....but his efforts at improving the image of Muslims would appear to have failed.

Why?
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Posted by Earl on 02/14 at 08:26 PM
Miscellany • Religion • SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE • Politics • Domestic • Iraq •

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

IS IT IN YOU…...?

Takes off from a recent ad campaign (that I haven’t seen) in a delightful way…...

Hat Tip: The PHIL FILES

Posted by Earl on 12/16 at 10:33 AM
Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff • Religion • (0) Comments •

Thursday, March 15, 2007

HOW DO YOU COPE WITH THE LOSS OF A CHILD…..?

As my grandfather used to tell me - when we were asking him what he would do in impossible situations - one simply has to pray that the Lord won’t ask us to go through such a thing, but if He does, that He’ll give us strength.

Now, there are people giving their time, their expertise, their love…..to help those facing this heartbreak through a parent’s worst nightmare.

Traditionally, doctors and nurses dealt with babies born with fatal anomalies by whisking them away from their mothers to die. But in the 1970s, a perinatal bereavement movement began offering parents another way to deal with the death of a child at birth, by acknowledging the grief they feel and by creating family and religious rituals around a stillbirth or early death.

Drawing on that philosophy, at least 40 perinatal hospice programs have been started in the United States in the last decade, said Amy Kuebelbeck, an author in St. Paul whose son Gabriel died of a heart condition hours after his birth in 1999 and who has researched the subject.

Posted by Earl on 03/15 at 02:39 PM
Miscellany • Religion • Politics • Life Issues • (0) Comments •

Monday, March 12, 2007

THE GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SWINDLE

AT LAST…... A major media outlet has actually presented the OTHER SIDE of Man-Made Global Warming. Here, from the BBC, is the scientific case against anthropogenic warming, and the abundant and convincing evidence that we are experiencing an upswing in the age-old cycle driven by our nearest star, the sun.

Are you surprised to learn that the entire hysteria was apparently set in motion by…..(drum-roll, please) Margaret Thatcher?! I thought so.

The real moral outrage ought to come toward the end of the show, when the real-world costs of the hypocritically self-serving and one-sided application of “the precautionary principle” are laid bare…...and we find out that the major costs of “doing something” about global warming will fall on the poorest people on earth; people who can’t afford “carbon offsets”, and who will be denied electricity, running water, sewage service, and other modern conveniences we take for granted, and who will have to put up with high infant mortality and lower average lifespans….basically so that rich westerners can feel good about themselves.

Since the program was produced and broadcast, one of the experts who appears has claimed that he was misquoted and it was made to appear that he takes the exact opposite of what he actually believes. I have not read the details, if they are available, but no one else has repudiated either what they said, nor the overall message of the film…...

I’m sorry about the inconvenient format—but I can no longer find the complete version on YouTube.

So, start with Part 1 and see what you think:

Part 1:

Posted by Earl on 03/12 at 11:06 AM
Science • Environment • Miscellany • Religion • Politics • International • (0) Comments •

Friday, December 15, 2006

IT’S OKAY TO HATE THE LA DODGERS, BUT….....

You have to love and appreciate Tommy Lasorda!

TWO HOURS before Santa’s official arrival Tuesday night at the John Wooden Center, Lasorda stops by the pediatric cancer ward to visit those too ill to party. He shakes hands with the extraordinary Dr. Kathleen Sakamoto, and immediately launches into a story…..

(Later that day) An announcement is made that Santa will take a break, but Lasorda ignores it. He reaches for another kid, at a time when most 79-year-olds might’ve been reaching for the Motrin.

Two hours later every kid in the room has had time with Santa, and the backup Santa remains in full costume on a bench in the back, the call to the bullpen never coming.

It’s been the performance of a lifetime — for those fortunate to witness what one happy night can mean to some kids and parents — and Santa is dripping with sweat, exhausted and hunched over while sitting half out of costume. All that’s left for Santa now are a couple of cold pieces of pizza and hot dogs.

God bless him…..“inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these…..“
READ THE WHOLE THING

Posted by Earl on 12/15 at 09:05 AM
Family Matters • Miscellany • Religion • (0) Comments •

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