May 3, 2008
Man for All Seasons: Chuck Baldwin Garners Nod for President of the United States
To some, Chuck Baldwin is the consummate Christian minister. To others, he’s a one-man think-tank studying, researching and analyzing the human condition within today’s American society.
One minute he’s leading a church service for one a large Christian congregation in Florida. Next minute, you’ll hear Rev. Baldwin telling his audience why he’s against killing innocent, newborn [...]
May 2, 2008
Ceasefires in Islam: Not Always What They Seem to Be
It seems as though every other day we hear there is another “ceasefire” in the Middle East. This is chiefly because there is so much violent Islamofascist aggression throughout the Middle East but it is also because of something more. Just as there is no exact translation between the Arabic and English languages, we in [...]
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Europe: The Dark Continent
The light of God’s truth has been snuffed out in Europe, now the least Christian and the most secularized and socialized part of the world.
This week, Black Rock Congregational Church is focusing on worldwide missionary programs and the 20-plus missionaries that the church supports. In that connection, rather than a traditional sermon, we at [...]
April 27, 2008
Cheap Grace
Reactions of some nominal Christians to the message of Pope Benedict XVI are nothing more than liberal-progressive-socialistic “toleration.”
In his April 18th column for the Washington Post, E. J. Dionne, Jr. expresses the misgivings of liberal-progressives who enjoy the ritual of religion, but don’t want to be bothered with following the teachings of Jesus.
Mr. Dionne writes:
The [...]
Comments (3) Filed under: Religion, VOA Religion, Vox Populi — Thomas Brewton @ 9:16 pmApril 24, 2008
Another liberal profile in pettiness
Pope Benedict XVI and the U.S Senate
Comments (0) Filed under: American Life, VOA Politics, VOA Religion, VOA Social Issues, Vox Populi — Mike Bates @ 10:00 amApril 23, 2008
The god That Failed New Orleans
Why does much of New Orleans still look as if the 2005 devastation of Hurricane Katrina had occurred just a few weeks ago?
Huge areas of New Orleans still are wastelands. New Orleans’s liberal-progressive-socialist Senator Mary Landrieu has grabbed far more than her share of Congressional pork. Hundreds of millions of Federal dollars spent [...]
April 9, 2008
American Minute with Bill Federer: William Booth and The Salvation Army
Millions of people in 91 countries are helped by The Salvation Army, founded by William Booth, who was born APRIL 10, 1829.
William Booth began by ministering to the poor, drunk and outcast. He fought to end teenage prostitution in England.
Awarded an honorary degree from Oxford, Booth traveled the United States, met President Theodore Roosevelt and [...]
American Minute With Bill Federer: General Robert E. Lee
The Civil War began on Wilmer McLean’s farm in Manassas Junction, Virginia, with the First Battle of Bull Run. A Union shell exploded in his kitchen.
Wilmer McLean moved to get away from the conflict, yet almost four years later his new home, near Appomattox Court House, Virginia, was the agreed location for General Robert E. [...]
April 8, 2008
American Minute with Bill Federer, General Omar Bradley
Five-Star General Omar Bradley died APRIL 8, 1981.
Born 1893, in a cabin near Clark, Missouri, he was a star player on his high school baseball team.
He worked for Wabash Railroad, until his Sunday School superintendent recommended he apply to West Point.
President Eisenhower said, April 29, 1954:
“I thank General Bradley, my old comrade in arms, my [...]
April 6, 2008
Slavery, Freedom, and Forgiveness
Vengeful anger is spiritual slavery from which we are delivered by Christian love and forgiveness.
Sermons this Sunday and last Sunday at Black Rock-Long Ridge Congregational Church (North Stamford, Connecticut) were based upon Philemon, one of the shortest books in the Bible. These sermons were parts one and two of a three-part series on the [...]