Category Archives: Window on our culture

Cry Out in Unity

In many American cities, homicide is the #1 cause of death for young black men. If we care about unborn black babies, we must also care about at-risk young adults. Lamentations 2:19 (NIV) Arise, cry out in the night, as … Continue reading

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Pure Ends and Means?

    “The  means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”Martin Luther King, Jr.     Think it through. What might Dr. King think of the means and ends of the African-American abortion rate?

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Today’s Tears

  Martin Luther King Day on the heels of Sanctity of Life Sunday . . . it brings to mind the abortion of black babies.    African-Americans account for almost 30% of abortions Black women are 5 times more likely … Continue reading

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Less Vice

Philippians 2:15 (CEV) You live among people who are crooked and evil. Or as the Amplified Bible puts it: a [morally] crooked and [spiritually] perverted generation.   Clearly, less vice, crookedness and perversion is better–in me, and in our culture. … Continue reading

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A Force for More Virtue, Less Vice

William Wilberforce, the man who pushed Great Britain to end its slave trade, longed for a society that worked . . .   “for the encouragement of piety and virtue; and for the preventing of vice, profaneness, and immorality.”   … Continue reading

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Don’t Forget to Remember

    What did you do to honor Armistice Day?   Went to a memorial service Thanked a Vet Prayed for peace I forgot God knows how easily we forget. That’s why Scripture includes repeated messages, specific holy days and … Continue reading

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Not a Secret

    How do you vote?   Touch a screen Punch a chad Check a box Push a lever In private. Or not. Hebrews 12:1 (NIV) We are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses. Heavenly eyes are on … Continue reading

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God and Politics

God first, then politics.   “He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class is rendering to Caesar that which, of all things, most emphatically belongs to God: himself.” C. … Continue reading

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2nd Place

  2 Corinthians 5:20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ.     We are–foremost and eternally–citizens of the Kingdom of God. Our place within national, state and locals boundaries is at best a distant second.

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God’s on Both Sides

  John 3:16 For God so loved the world . . .     Note:  It does NOT say, “For God so loved the [name of your political  party]. There are believers on both sides of the political aisle. God … Continue reading

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