Did Bad Theology Cause a Bad Economy?

Friday, November 13th, 2009

My wife and I saw a news story that asked a most interesting question: "Did Christianity Cause the Crash" ... in the economy and housing market? Of course, Christianity is not to blame; rather, what is being passed off as Christianity - namely the unbiblical "prosperity gospel" that ...

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If You Read Just One Blog, Start Here

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Ever read a blog about a blog? Here's one. And it's one you need to follow regularly. It's "The Gospel Coalition." In fact, one of my favorite blogs is Justin Taylor's "Between Two Worlds." Justin has now moved his blog to The Gospel Coalition. If you're like me, you don't have ...

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Larger Government = Smaller Citizens

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

As the debate rages concerning nationalized health care, the issue for me - as with many Christians - is not so much the preservation of privatized insurance (although I like capitalism). The real issue is the growing mentality and comfortability with the government taking care of our every need. A ...

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When a Bad Economy is a Good Thing

Friday, December 5th, 2008

The housing market goes bust, corporations are lining up for government bailouts, we see the largest rise of unemployment in decades, and the economy is officially declared “in recession” going back to December of 2007. (Obvious statement of the day) : “The economic news is not good.” So lets go beyond the ...

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