Archive for month: August, 2008

Sarah Palin and One Thing That Excites Me About This Race

No matter who wins, history will be made. If Barack Obama is elected we have our first African American President. If John McCain prevails we have our first female Vice President. Despite the differences in policy, when either of these two scenarios is made a reality our country wins. For some reason the thought of [...]

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Barack Obama HITS. IT. OUT. OF. THE. PARK!!

I don’t care WHO you intend to vote for, you MUST watch Barack’s speech. Even if you’re dead set on voting for John McCain, at least hear what his opponent has to say. This speech is fantastic. One of the best I’ve personally ever heard. Just watch it! I edited this post because the full [...]

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Donald Miller's Benediction at the Democratic National Convention

Donald Miller was asked to give the closing Benediction Monday night at the Democratic National Convention.  Here’s the prayer (around 1:44 into the video there is a 10 second silence for some reason): Before the benediction was given, Don shared his thoughts with Christianity Today magazine.  I really enjoyed what he had to say: Thoughts?

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Forgiveness, Consequences and the DECISION to Love

I’ve written before in regards to some of the personal costs I’ve paid for my life decisions. While I have no doubts I’m forgiven, I have a feeling, dear constant reader, that I’m going to continue to pay those bills for the rest of my life. As I’ve traveled this amazing country I’ve had the [...]

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Amused

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Back in July, my cousin Kristin dug up one of my High School Senior Pictures and posted the following comment on my MySpace profile: Just moments ago, MT of X3, who has taken the photo Kristin posted and created the following “masterpiece”, posted it on my MySpace page with the caption “WERE THEY SEPARATED AT [...]

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Always Good For Bringing Me To Tears

No matter how many times I’ve seen their story, Team Hoyt brings me to tears anytime I see video clips of them racing together. Earlier today, MT of X3 emailed me a video of them. This isn’t the one she sent, but as it’s impossible to embed the one she sent on my blog I’ve [...]

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Interview with Shirley from "God Hates Fags"

I’d rather not call anybody “whacked”, but it seems to me that the “God Hates Fags” people are about as close as one can get, and I don’t really know how to describe them any other way. These are the people who, amongst other things, picket the funerals of our soldiers. They receive a lot [...]

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Thank God for Evolution

Put this on your reading list, fellow Christians: “Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World” by Michael Dowd This book is on my reading list, as I feel it should be for every Christian who discounts evolution or for those who, like me, believe [...]

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"Atheist" Richard Dawkins Open to Possibility Of God, Just Not the Term 'God' ?

I found the third paragraph in this article of particular interest: And, although he resisted calling it God, he said that he believed in the possibility of a transcendent “gigantic intelligence” existing beyond the range of human experience. He added that his main target in The God Delusion was fundamentalists. Sounds like a simple twisting [...]

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Who Decided What Books To Place in Our Bible?

In past blog posts, and on a local message board in which I discuss such things with others, there have been a few people who have asked questions in regards to my statements as to the relationship of the Council of Nicaea to the Canonization of scripture, and my assertion that the men who met [...]

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